[B]Q: What is federal moratorium?<\/p>\n
A: Public[\/B] Law 110-229 or the federalization law requires that: \u201cDuring the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the transition period program effective date\u2026the CNMI government shall not permit an increase in the number of alien workers who are present in the Commonwealth as of the date of the enactment of this Act.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the CNMI Department of Labor\u2019s Employment Rules and Regulations, the numerical cap of the number of alien workers who are present in the CNMI is 22,417.<\/p>\n
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[B]Q: Who are those not considered alien workers?<\/p>\n
A:[\/B] The Regulations state that persons who entered or enter the CNMI as tourists, students, immediate relatives of aliens (who are not permitted to work), for investment purposes, or under treaty provisions are not included in the term \u201calien workers.\u201d Classification of any alien present in the Commonwealth is determined by the last approved permit application.<\/p>\n
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[B]Q: Who are those alien workers considered present in the CNMI?<\/p>\n
A:[\/B] According to the Regulations, the term \u201cpresent in the Commonwealth\u201d includes \u201calien workers\u201d who had an authorization for entry on the effective date, \u201calien workers\u201d who were temporarily absent from the CNMI on the effective date due to medical referral, home leave, family leave, vacation, work assignment, or other temporary absence, and alien workers without current status on the effective date. <\/p>\n
The Regulations state that Labor should publish each month on its website, on the day after the last business day of the month, the names of the \u201calien workers\u201d who have departed the CNMI within that month and will publish at the same time the names of the \u201calien workers\u201d who have entered the Commonwealth within that month. Labor is not allowed to let \u201calien workers\u201d enter in the CNMI in a number that exceeds the number who have departed.<\/p>\n
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