PART 252—LANDING OF ALIEN CREWMEN Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1184, 1185 (pursuant to E.O. 13323 published on January 2, 2004), 1258, 1281, 1282; 8 CFR part 2. § 252.1 Examination of crewmen. (a) Detention prior to examination. (b) Classes of aliens subject to examination under this part. (1) Canadian or British citizen crewmen serving on vessels plying solely between Canada and the United States; or (2) Canadian or British citizen crewmen of aircraft arriving in a State of the United States directly from Canada on flights originating in that country. The crew of a vessel arriving at a United States port that may not require inspection by or clearance from the United States Customs Service is, nevertheless, subject to examination under this part; however, the master of such a vessel is not required to present Form I-95 for any crewman who is not an applicant for a conditional landing permit. (c) Requirements for landing permits. (d) Authorization to land. (1) Shore leave purposes during the period of time the vessel or aircraft is in the port of arrival or other ports in the United States to which it proceeds directly without touching at a foreign port or place, not exceeding 29 days in the aggregate, if the immigration officer is satisfied that the crewman intends to depart on the vessel on which he arrived or on another aircraft of the same transportation line, and the crewman's passport is surrendered for safe keeping to the master of the arriving vessel; (2) The purpose of departing from the United States as a crewman on a vessel other than the one on which he arrived, or departing as a passenger by means of other transportation, within a period of 29 days, if the immigration officer is satisfied that the crewman intends to depart in that manner, that definite arrangements for such departure have been made, and the immigration officer has consented to the pay off or discharge of the crewman from the vessel on which he arrived. A crewman granted a conditional permit to land under section 252(a)(1) of the Act and paragraph (d)(1) of this section is required to depart with his vessel from its port of arrival and from each other port in the United States to which it thereafter proceeds coastwise without touching at a foreign port or place; however, he may rejoin his vessel at another port in the United States before it touches at a foreign port or place if he has advance written permission from the master or agent to do so; or (3) A period of up to 180 days if the crewman intends to depart, within the period for which the crewman is permitted to land, on the same vessel or on a vessel or aircraft other than the vessel on which the crewman arrived and will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations to or from any other vessel engaged in foreign trade during such period. (e) Conditional permits to land. (f) Change of status. (g) Refusal of conditional landing permit. (h) Authorization to pay off or discharge an alien crewman. [23 FR 2788, Apr. 26, 1958, as amended at 27 FR 11875, Dec. 1, 1962; 29 FR 13243, Sept. 24, 1964; 29 FR 14432, Oct. 21, 1964; 32 FR 9633, July 4, 1967; 33 FR 9332, June 26, 1968; 33 FR 17137, Nov. 19, 1968; 58 FR 48779, Sept. 20, 1993; 62 FR 10388, Mar. 6, 1997; 69 FR 53333, Aug. 31, 2004; 91 FR 51555, Aug. 11, 2026] § 252.2 Revocation of conditional landing permits; removal. (a) Revocation and removal while vessel is in the United States. (b) Revocation and removal after vessel has departed the United States. [62 FR 10388, Mar. 6, 1997, as amended at 91 FR 51555, Aug. 11, 2026] § 252.3 Great Lakes vessels and tugboats arriving in the United States from Canada; special procedures. (a) United States vessels and tugboats. (b) Canadian or British vessels or tugboats. (1) Serves aboard a Great Lakes vessel of Canadian or British registry or aboard a tugboat of Canadian or British registry arriving at a United States port-of-entry from Canada; (2) Seeks admission for a period of less than 29 days; (3) Has, during the current calendar year, been inspected and admitted by an immigration officer as a member of the crew of the same vessel or tugboat, or of any other vessel or tugboat of the same company; (4) Is either a British or Canadian citizen or is in possession of a valid Form I-95 previously issued to him or her as a member of the crew of the same vessel or tugboat, or of any other vessel or tugboat of the same company; (5) Does not request or require landing privileges in the United States beyond the time the vessel or tugboat will be in port; and, (6) Will depart to Canada with the vessel or tugboat. [62 FR 10388, Mar. 6, 1997] § 252.4 Permanent landing permit and identification card. A Form I-184 is valid until revoked. It shall be revoked when an immigration officer finds that the crewman is in the United States in willful violation of the terms and conditions of his or her permission to land, or that he or she is inadmissible to the United States. On revocation, the Form I-184 shall be surrendered to an immigration officer. No appeal shall lie from the revocation of Form I-184. [62 FR 10388, Mar. 6, 1997] § 252.5 Special procedures for deserters from Spanish or Greek ships of war. (a) General. (b) Application for restoration. (c) Examination. (1) The individual sought by the Spanish or Greek authorities had deserted from a Spanish or Greek ship of war in a United States port; (2) The individual actually arrested and detained is the person sought; (3) The individual is not a citizen of the United States; and (4) The individual had not previously been arrested for the same cause and set at liberty because he or she had been detained for more than 3 months, or more than 2 months in the case of a deserter from a Greek ship of war, from the day of his or her arrest without the Spanish or Greek authorities having found an opportunity to send him or her home, the individual shall be served with a copy of the findings, from which no appeal shall lie, and be surrendered forthwith to the Spanish or Greek authorities if they are prepared to remove him or her from the United States. On written request of the Spanish or Greek authorities, the individual shall be detained, at their expense, for a period not exceeding 3 months or 2 months, respectively, from the day of arrest to afford opportunity to arrange for his or her departure from the United States. (d) Timely departure not effected. (e) Commission of crime. [62 FR 10388, Mar. 6, 1997]