Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 8

A valid unexpired visa and an unexpired passport, valid for the period set forth in section 212(a)(26) of the Act, shall be presented by each arriving nonimmigrant alien except that the passport validity period for an applicant for admission who is a member of a class described in section 102 of the Act is not required to extend beyond the date of his application for admission if so admitted, and except as otherwise provided in the Act, this chapter, and for the following classes: (a) (b) (i) Is proceeding to the United States as an agricultural worker; (ii) Is the beneficiary of a valid, unexpired indefinite certification granted by the Department of Labor for employment in the Virgin Islands of the United States and is proceeding to the Virgin Islands of the United States for such purpose, or (iii) Is the spouse or child of an alien described in paragraph (b)(1)(i) or (b)(1)(ii) of this section, and is accompanying or following to join him or her. (2) (i) The alien is seeking admission solely to visit the Virgin Islands of the United States; or (ii) At the time of embarking on an aircraft at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, the alien meets each of the following requirements: (A) The alien is traveling to any other part of the United States by aircraft as a nonimmigrant visitor for business or pleasure (as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Act); (B) The alien satisfies the examining U.S. Immigration officer at the port-of-entry that he or she is clearly and beyond a

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 8:§ 1212.1