Immigration Court Designation

Status: In force. The effective date has passed and nothing here records a change to that.

From the published effective date. Nothing here records a court changing it.

• Document number: 95-16046
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: June 30, 1995
• Effective: June 30, 1995
• Agency: Justice Department; Immigration and Naturalization Service

Official abstract

This final rule amends 8 CFR 3, 103, 204, 208, 212, 236, 240, 242, 245, and 292 by replacing the tribunal name ``Office of the Immigration Judge'' with the tribunal name ``Immigration Court.'' This rule codifies current usage of the term ``Immigration Court'' in reference to deportation and exclusion proceedings conducted before Immigration Judges throughout the United States. The rule makes no substantive changes in Immigration Judge proceedings.

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