TITLE 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
CHAPTER I - DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER B - IMMIGRATION
REGULATIONS
PART 280 - IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF
FINES
280.51 - Application for mitigation or
remission.
(a) When application may be filed.
An application for mitigation or remission of a fine may be filed as
provided under 280.12 of this part; or, within 30 days after the date
of receipt of the district director's or the Associate Commissioner
for Examinations, or the Director for the National Fines Office's
decision to impose a fine whether or not the applicant responded to
the Notice of Intention to Fine.
(b) Form and
contents of application. An application for mitigation or remission
shall be filed in duplicate under oath and shall include information,
supported by documentary evidence, as to the basis of the claim to
mitigation or remission, and as to the action, if any, which may have
been taken by the applicant, or as to the circumstances present in
the case which, in the opinion of the applicant, justified the
granting of his application.
(c) Disposition
of application. The application, if filed with the answer, shall be
disposed of as provided in 280.13. In any other case the application
shall be considered and decided by the district director or the
Associate Commissioner for Examinations, or the Director for the
National Fines Office from whose decision an appeal may be taken to
the Board within 15 days after the mailing of the notification of
decision as provided in part 3 of this chapter.
| File Type | application/msword |
| File Title | TITLE 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY |
| Author | tyrone.huff |
| Last Modified By | tyrone.huff |
| File Modified | 2009-04-27 |
| File Created | 2009-04-27 |