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![]() OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS. Below you will find U.S. INS Operating Instructions for selected topics. |

Transmittal Memo (TM2), M-450 Inspector's Field Manual, Dated March 13, 1998.
OI 103.6(a), OI 103.6(c)-(e), OI 103.6(g), OI 213 (all), OI 221(all), OI 237 (all), OI 239 (all), OI 254 -257 (all), OI 271-273 (all), OI 280 (all).
Transmittal Memo (TM1), M-450 Inspector's Field Manual, Dated June 24, 1997.
OI 101(all), 103.1(e), 103.1(e-1), 103.1(f), 103.1(g), 208 (all), 211.1, 211.2, 211.5, 212.3, 212.8, 212.9, 212.10, 212.11, 212.12, 215(all), 231(all), 233(all), 235(all, including appendixes), 236(all), 241(all), 242.1, 242.2(including appendix), 242.3, 242.4, 242.5, 242.6(a) through (c), 242.7(a) through (c), 242.10, 242.12, 243.1(a), 243.3(c), 243.5, 244(all), 246(all), 251(all), 252(all except 252.5 and appendix to OI 252.5), 253(all), 289(all), and Appendices 212.1 and 212.8.
OI Appendix 212.1 (six month list only) is redesignated as Appendix 15-2 of the IFM. OI Appendix 212.8 and 212.8(e), Exchange Visitors Skills List and amendments, have been updated and will appear as a separate handbook on this issue of INSERTS.
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| Section Number | Brief Description of Section Title |
| OI 3 | Executive Office for Immigration Review |
| OI 101 | Presumption of lawful admission |
| OI 103 | Powers and duties of service officers; availability of service records |
| OI 104 | Communication with Department of State |
| OI 105 | Communication with FBI |
| OI 107 | Private Bills |
| OI 202 | Visa number chargeability |
| OI 204 | Petition to classify alien as immediate relative of a United States citizen or as a preference immigrant |
| OI 205 | Revocation of approval of petitions |
| OI 207 | Admission of refugees |
| OI 208 | Procedures for asylum and withholding of deportation |
| OI 209 | Adjustment of status of refugees and aliens granted asylum |
| OI 211 | Documentary requirements: Immigrants; waivers |
| OI 212 | Documentary requirements: Nonimmigrants; waivers; admission of certain inadmissible aliens; parole |
| OI 213 | Admission of aliens on giving bond or cash deposit |
| OI 214 | Nonimmigrant classes |
| OI 215 | Alien residents |
| OI 221 | Posting of bond prior to issuance of nonimmigrant visa |
| OI 223 | Reentry permits |
| OI 223a | Refugee travel document |
| OI 231 | Arrival-departure manifests and lists; supporting documents |
| OI 233 | Use of Form I-259 for temporay removal and other purposes |
| OI 234 | Physical and mental examination of arriving aliens |
| OI 235 | Inspection of persons applying for admission |
| OI 236 | Exclusion of aliens |
| OI 237 | Penalities for violation of Section 237 of the Act |
| OI 238 | Contracts with transportation lines |
| OI 239 | Penalities for violation of Section 239 of the Act |
| OI 241 | Discretionary waiver of deportability |
| OI 242 | Proceedings to determine deportability of aliens in the United States: Apprehension, custody, hearing, and appeal |
| OI 243 | Deportation of aliens in the United States |
| OI 244 | Suspension of deportation and voluntary departure |
| OI 245 | Adjustment of status to that of person admitted for permanent residence |
| OI 246 | Rescission of adjustment of status |
| OI 247 | Adjustment of status of certain resident aliens |
| OI 248 | Change of nonimmigrant classification |
| OI 249 | Creation of records of lawful admission for permanent residence |
| OI 250 | Removal of aliens who have fallen into distress |
| OI 251 | Arrival manifests and lists: Supporting documents |
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