Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Transitional Worker Classification

Policy effect

Implementation of a new visa program and transitional worker classification (CW-1) for foreign workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Official source excerpt

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… individual in the CNMI who had not been admitted or paroled within the meaning of section 212(a)(6)(A) would also necessarily lack “a valid entry document” for purposes of section 212(a)(7)(A)(i)(I). As a result, it appears that under Minto the very people ostensibly protected from removal by Congress were not actually protected—even if they could not be removed for lack of a valid entry, under Minto they were removable for lack of a valid entry document. 1 1 Minto suggested that a visa program for CNMI workers would provide relief from section 212(a)(7)(A)(i)(I). Minto, 854 F.3d at 625. But … ) does not mean that one is deemed to be “applying . . . for admission” for purposes of section 212(h), a provision contained in the same section as section 212(a)(7)(A)(i)(I), the relevant ground of removal. Matter of Y-N-P-, 26 I. & N. Dec. 10, 13 (B.I.A. 2012). Before Minto, we had determined that this precedential BIA opinion is worthy of deference. Garcia-Mendez v. Lynch, of the two-year transition period and months after both Torres and Minto were ordered removed. See Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Transitional Worker Classification, 76 Fed. Reg. 55,501, 55,502 (Sept. 7, 2011 …

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

Other United States changes operative in 2011

• 2011-04-27Broadening Consular Authority for Provisional and Discretionary Visa Revocation
• 2011-04-28Removal of Designated Countries from National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS)
• 2011-07-23Automatic extension of validity of EADs for six months, through January 22, 2012
• 2011-07-23Haiti TPS redesignation expands eligibility
• 2011-08-15Centralized Lockbox Filing for Overseas Stand-Alone Form I-130 Petitions