Sec. 252. conditional permits to land temporarily
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## Sec. 252 conditional permits to land temporarily **[**[8 U.S.C. 1282](/us/usc/t8/s1282)**]** ###
(a)No alien crewman shall be permitted to land temporarily in the United States except as provided in this section, section 212(d)(3), section 212(d)(5), and section 253. If an immigration officer finds upon examination that an alien crewman is a nonimmigrant under paragraph (15)(D) of section 101(a) and is otherwise admissible and has agreed to accept such permit, he may, in his discretion, grant the crewman a conditional permit to land temporarily pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Attorney General, subject to revocation in subsequent proceedings as provided in subsection (b), and for a period of time, in any event, not to exceed— ####
(1)the period of time (not exceeding twenty-nine days) during which the vessel or aircraft on which he arrived remains in port, if the immigration officer is satisfied that the crewman intends to depart on the vessel or aircraft on which he arrived; ####
(2)twenty-nine days, if the immigration officer is satisfied that the crewman intends to depart, within the period for which he is permitted to land, on a vessel or aircraft other than the one on which he arrived; or ####
(3)180 days, if the immigration officer determines that the crewman— #####
(A)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 #####
(B)will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations to or from any other vessel engaged in foreign trade during such period. ###
(b)Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Attorney General, any immigration officer may, in his discretion, if he determines that an alien is not a bona fide crewman, or does not intend to depart on the vessel or aircraft which brought him, revoke the conditional permit to land which was granted such crewman under the provisions of subsection (a)(1), take such crewman into custody, and require the master or commanding officer of the vessel or aircraft on which the crewman arrived to receive and detain him on board such vessel or aircraft, if practicable, and such crewman shall be removed344 from the United States at the expense of the transportation line which brought him to the United States. Until such alien is so removed,344 any expenses of his detention shall be borne by such transportation company. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the procedure prescribed in section 240344 of this Act to cases falling within the provisions of this subsection. 344See the appendix in this compilation for the provisions as in effect before April 1, 1997. ###
(c)Any alien crewman who willfully remains in the United States in excess of the number of days allowed in any conditional permit issued under subsection
(a)shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.
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