Previous Story
Only 1,154 alien workers so far petitioned for CW status
|
Posted on Nov 21 2011
As of Thursday, Nov. 17, only 1,154 of an estimated 13,399 foreign workers in the CNMI who are “potentially eligible” for Commonwealth-only worker status have been petitioned by employers.
Corinna A. Luna, chief of the Business and Employment Services Branch, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, disclosed in a declaration filed in the U.S. District Court for the NMI that 616 Form I-129CW petitions have been received by USCIS from 172 employers in the CNMI.
Luna said the petitions were filed on behalf of 1,154 CW-1 beneficiaries.
The U.S. Department of Justice attached Luna’s declaration in its opposition to a motion for a preliminary injunction filed by a group of individuals who are asking the federal court to stop federal officials from implementing the CNMI-only Transitional Worker final rule.
Because of a tiny fraction of the estimated 13,399 foreign workers who are “potentially eligible” for CW status, USCIS has been beefing up its session for employers on how to file Form I-129CW.
As the Nov. 27 deadline to file Form I-129CW draws near, foreign workers who are still jobless are reportedly falling prey to “sponsorship” jobs offered by some manpower or individuals for payments of up to $1,000.
