{"id":336020,"date":"2020-12-31T09:29:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T23:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=336020"},"modified":"2020-12-31T09:29:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T23:29:31","slug":"breaking-news-uscis-extends-transitional-parole-for-cnmi-long-term-resident-status-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/breaking-news-uscis-extends-transitional-parole-for-cnmi-long-term-resident-status-applicants\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: USCIS extends transitional parole for CNMI Long-Term Resident Status applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USCIS announced today that it will automatically extend parole, and employment authorization,\u00a0if applicable, for parolees\u00a0who timely applied for Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands long-term resident status.<\/p>\n<p>This specific extension of parole applies\u00a0only to current\u00a0parolees who\u00a0timely\u00a0filed\u00a0Form I-955, Application for CNMI Long-Term Resident Status, and\u202fForm I-765, Application for Employment Authorization,\u00a0and whose applications remain pending\u00a0on\u00a0Dec.\u00a031, 2020.\u00a0USCIS will automatically extend\u00a0their\u00a0parole (and employment authorization, if applicable) without interruption through\u00a0June\u00a030, 2021, or the date that USCIS makes a final decision on\u00a0the parolee\u2019s\u00a0Form I955 and Form I-765, whichever is earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The CNMI long-term resident status was created by the Northern Mariana Islands Long-Term Legal Residents Relief Act (Public Law 116-24), signed into law on June 25, 2019. The new law specifically gave the Department of Homeland Security the discretion to authorize parole, with work authorization, for these aliens during the time period needed to implement the new law.\u00a0USCIS has previously extended this parole twice, once on\u00a0June 17, and then again on\u00a0Aug. 11.<\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0eligible\u00a0parolees\u00a0whose timely filed Form I-955 and Form I-765 remain pending\u00a0on\u00a0Dec.\u00a031, and\u00a0who have\u00a0an Employment Authorization Document, if applicable,\u00a0expiring on or before\u00a0Dec.\u00a031, the following documentation will serve as evidence of identity and work authorization for Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, purposes until\u00a0June\u00a030, 2021,\u00a0(or the date that USCIS makes a final decision on their long-term resident status application, whichever is earlier):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A copy of this web alert;<\/li>\n<li>Form I-766, Employment Authorization Document, bearing category code \u201cC-11\u201d with an expiration date on or\u00a0before June 29, 2020; and<\/li>\n<li>Evidence that the alien filed Form I-955 and Form I-765\u00a0on or before\u00a0Aug. 17, 2020. This may be a copy of Form I-797C, Notice of Action, reflecting that the parolee has filed Form I765 requesting the classification (\u201cclass\u201d) code of (c)(37), or if unavailable, a copy of the alien\u2019s Form I-955 and Form I-765 with a mail receipt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eligible aliens had\u00a0180 days, until Aug. 17, 2020,\u00a0to apply for CNMI long-term resident status. USCIS\u00a0announced\u00a0the Aug. 17 deadline when it opened the application period on Feb.\u00a019, 2020.\u202fIf USCIS denies\u00a0a parolee\u2019s\u00a0Form I-955 and Form I-765, their parole status (and employment authorization, if applicable) will end and they\u00a0must\u00a0depart the CNMI.\u00a0<strong><em>(PR)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USCIS announced today that it will automatically extend parole, and employment authorization,\u00a0if applicable, for parolees\u00a0who&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":334172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1355,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-336020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}