Residents
(1) Residents. A returning resident may make an oral declaration if: (i) The aggregate fair retail value in the country of acquisition of all accompanying articles acquired abroad by him and of alterations and dutiable repairs made abroad to personal and household effects taken out and brought back by him does not exceed: (A) $800; or (B) $800 in the case of a direct arrival from a beneficiary country as defined in U.S. Note 4 to Chapter 98, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202); or (C) $1,600 in the case of a direct or indirect arrival from American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands of the United States, not more than $800 of which must have been acquired elsewhere than in such locations. (ii) None of his accompanying articles are forwarded in bond; and (iii) None of his accompanying articles are imported for the account of any other person or for sale. (2) Nonresidents. An arriving nonresident may make an oral declaration if all the articles he has to declare are: (i) Entitled to free entry under his personal exemptions (see Subpart E of this part); or (ii) Eligible for the administrative exemption for articles not exceeding $200 in aggregate value, provided in section 321(a)(2)(B), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(2)(B)) (see 148.51).