---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 1003.29"
title: "8"
number: "1003.29"
heading: "Continuances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/1003.29"
---

# §1003.29. Continuances.


The immigration judge may grant a motion for continuance for good cause shown, provided that nothing in this section shall authorize a continuance that causes the adjudication of an asylum application to exceed 180 days in the absence of exceptional circumstances, consistent with section 208(d)(5)(A)(iii) of the Act and [§ 1003.10(b)](/cfr/8/1003.10.md?p=b).


## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 81750, Dec. 16, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 6 U.S.C. 521; 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1154, 1155, 1158, 1182, 1226, 1229, 1229a, 1229b, 1229c, 1231, 1254a, 1255, 1324d, 1330, 1361, 1362, 1801, 1802, 1808, 1812; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, 1746; sec. 2, Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1950, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 1002.

### Source

Source: Redesignated at 68 FR 9830, Feb. 28, 2003.

### Amendments

[85 FR 81750, Dec. 16, 2020]