Inspector's Field Manual - Gani

Inspector's Field Manual
(1) C-1 Aliens in transit through the United States.
Documents required: Passport valid for 6 months beyond the date to which admitted, unless exempt.
Nonimmigrant visa (C-1), unless exempt.
Qualifications: Alien must be coming for transit through the United States. All nonimmigrant grounds of
inadmissibility apply. Must have sufficient funds, ticket or other means for travel, and permission to enter
foreign country.
Terms of admission: Admit C-1 up to a maximum of 29 days.
Notations on I-94: C-1, (date to which admitted).
Special notes:
(A) Limitations: Not eligible for extension of stay. Not eligible for change of status; and
(B) Crewmembers in Transit. If C-1 visa is issued to a crewmember joining a vessel, review letter from
shipping line to insure the validity of the request. Admit such crewmembers for 29 days, since many vessels do
not leave U.S. territory immediately.
(2) Classification: C-2 Alien in transit to the United Nations Headquarters District.
Documents required: Passport valid only until the date of admission. Nonimmigrant visa (C-2).
Qualifications: Must be coming to the U.S. to proceed directly to the immediate vicinity of the United Nations
Headquarters District. Inadmissible only on 212(a)(3)(A), (B), and (C), and 212(a)(7)(B).
Terms of admission: Admit C-2 for duration of status at the United Nations.
Notations on I-94: C-2, D/S at U.N.
Special notes: Travel limited to a 25 mile radius of Columbus Circle, New York City, New York. See 8 CFR
214.2(c)(2) for more information and Chapter 15.3(e)(4).
(3) Classification: C-3 Foreign government official, members of immediate family, attendant, servant,
or other personal employee of official in transit through the United States.
Documents required: Passport valid for at least 30 days from date of admission. Nonimmigrant visa (C-3).
Qualifications: Must meet the classification description above. Inadmissible only on 212(a)(3)(A),(B), and (C),
and 212(a)(7)(B).
Terms of admission: Admit C-3 up to a maximum of 29 days.
Notations on I-94: C-3, (date to which admitted).
(d) Crewmembers See Chapters 22.2 and 23.
(e) Traders and Investors.
(1) Classification: E-1 Treaty trader, spouse, and children entering the U.S. under provisions of a treaty
involving trade, commerce and service to which the U.S. and the alien's country are signatory.
Documents required: Passport valid for 6 months beyond the date to which admitted, unless exempt.
Nonimmigrant visa (E-1) (including Canadians).
Qualifications: The company must be majority owned by the treaty country and the alien must be a national of