### Question
What does arriving alien mean?


### Answer
**Arriving alien** has the following meaning in *8 CFR § 1.1*:

> an applicant for admission coming or attempting to come into the United States at a port-of-entry, or an alien seeking transit through the United States at a port-of-entry, or an alien interdicted in international or United States waters and brought into the United States by any means, whether or not to a designated port-of-entry, and regardless of the means of transport. 

#### Citation:
  - *8 CFR § 1.1*
  - Heading: **Title 8—Aliens and Nationality > PART 1—DEFINITIONS > CHAPTER I—IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE**

