CW cap issue back to haunt NMI

The CNMI is facing the same dilemma it faced a few months ago after the numerical limit of the CNMI-Only Transitional Worker nonimmigrant visa or CW program for fiscal year 2017 has been reached. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services cut the fiscal year 2017 cap by one, from...
Posted On Oct 24 2016 06:06
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CNMI’s first-time voters weigh in on Nov. 8 polls

With the elections approaching soon, a couple of community members were asked about their concerns and ideas about voting for the first time. Kenneth Silapan, 21, was asked what he look for in a candidate. He said, “I look for…someone who says they will do something, and actually...
Posted On Oct 24 2016 06:06
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NMI faces uncertain future as transition phase expires

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres told members of the Saipan Chamber of Commerce that the CNMI faces an uncertain future after Dec. 31, 2019, the deadline of the CNMI-Only Transitional Worker nonimmigrant visa or CW program. The CW-1 program would have supposedly ended in 2014, a five-year...
Posted On Oct 06 2016 06:06
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Distinct classification for health workers pushed

Saying a health workforce shortage has always been a challenge for the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp., chief executive officer Esther L. Muña is hoping that foreign workers in the health industry would be given a different visa classification so it won’t be affected by the CW-1...
Posted On Oct 05 2016 06:06
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