U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced yesterday that it will automatically extend parole and employment authorization, if applicable, for parolees who timely applied for Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands long-term resident status.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This specific extension of parole applies only to current parolees who timely filed\u202fForm I-955, Application for CNMI Long-Term Resident Status, and\u202fForm I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, and whose applications remain pending on\u00a0Dec.\u00a030, 2021. <\/p>\n
USCIS will automatically extend their parole (and employment authorization, if applicable) without interruption through\u00a0June\u00a030, 2022, or the date that\u00a0we\u00a0make a final decision on their Form I955 and Form I-765, whichever is earlier.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For eligible parolees whose timely filed Form I-955 and Form I-765 remain pending on\u00a0Dec.\u00a030, 2021, the following documentation will serve as evidence of identity and work authorization for purposes of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, until\u00a0June\u00a030, 2022\u00a0(or the date that\u00a0we\u00a0make a final decision on their long-term resident status application, whichever is earlier):\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022 A copy of this Web\u00a0alert;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022 Form I-766, Employment Authorization Document, bearing category code \u201cC-11\u201d with an expiration date\u00a0on or before June 29, 2020; and\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022 Evidence that they filed Form I-955 and Form I-765 on or before Aug. 17, 2020. This may be a copy of Form I-797C, Notice of Action, reflecting that they have filed Form I765 requesting the classification code of (c)(37), or if unavailable, a copy of their Form I-955 and Form I-765 with a mail receipt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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 law specifically gave the Department of Homeland Security the discretion to authorize parole, with work authorization, for these individuals during the\u00a0time period\u00a0needed to implement the new law. USCIS previously extended this parole\u00a0four\u00a0times, on\u202fJune 17, 2020,\u00a0Aug. 11, 2020,\u202fDec. 30, 2020, and\u00a0June 16, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eligible individuals had 180 days, until Aug. 17, 2020, to apply for CNMI long-term resident status. USCIS\u202fannounced\u202fthe Aug. 17 deadline when it opened the application period on Feb.\u00a019, 2020. If USCIS denies a parolee\u2019s Form I-955 and Form I-765, their parole (and employment authorization, if applicable) will end and they must depart the CNMI.\u00a0(PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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