---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 240.69"
title: "8"
number: "240.69"
heading: "Reliance on information compiled by other sources."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/240.69"
---

# §240.69. Reliance on information compiled by other sources.


In determining whether an applicant is eligible for suspension of deportation or special rule cancellation of removal, the asylum officer may rely on material described in [§ 208.12](/cfr/8/208.12.md) of this chapter. Nothing in this subpart shall be construed to entitle the applicant to conduct discovery directed toward records, officers, agents, or employees of the Service, the Department of Justice, or the Department of State.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 64 FR 27876, May 21, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103; 1182, 1186a, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1251, 1252 note, 1252a, 1252b, 1362; secs. 202 and 203, Pub. L. 105-100 (111 Stat. 2160, 2193); sec. 902, Pub. L. 105-277 (112 Stat. 2681); 8 CFR part 2.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 10367, Mar. 6, 1997, unless otherwise noted.