---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 1003.55"
title: "8"
number: "1003.55"
heading: "Treatment of post-conviction orders."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/1003.55"
---

# §1003.55. Treatment of post-conviction orders.

- (a) **Applicability of Matter of Thomas & Thompson, 27 I&N Dec. 674 (A.G. 2019).**
  - (1) Matter of Thomas & Thompson shall not apply to a criminal sentence:
    - (i) Where a court at any time granted a request to modify, clarify, vacate, or otherwise alter the sentence and the request was filed on or before October 25, 2019; or
    - (ii) Where the alien demonstrates that the alien reasonably and detrimentally relied on the availability of an order modifying, clarifying, vacating, or otherwise altering the sentence entered in connection with a guilty plea, conviction, or sentence on or before October 25, 2019.
  - (2) Where [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section applies, the adjudicator shall assess the relevant order under Matter of Cota-Vargas, 23 I&N Dec. 849 (BIA 2005), Matter of Song, 23 I&N Dec. 173 (BIA 2001), and Matter of Estrada, 26 I&N Dec. 749 (BIA 2016), as applicable.
- (b) **Post-conviction orders correcting errors.** Adjudicators shall give effect to an order that corrects a genuine ambiguity, mistake, or typographical error on the face of the original conviction or sentencing order and that was entered to give effect to the intent of the original order.

## Notes

### Amendments

[89 FR 46794, May 29, 2024, as amended at 91 FR 5278, Feb. 6, 2026]

### Source

Source: 89 FR 46794, May 29, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### 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

[89 FR 46794, May 29, 2024, as amended at 91 FR 5278, Feb. 6, 2026]