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Labor: 624 aliens overstaying
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Posted on Nov 30 2008
According to Department of Labor, there are a total of 624 overstaying alien workers in the CNMI, based on their records as of Tuesday last week.
In a Labor notice issued today, most people in the overstayers report are said to be Filipinos and Chinese. The notice, however, also includes the name of a Filipino worker who died early this year.
Labor said that today is the first publication of the notice; the department will publish it again on Dec. 8, 2008.
According to Labor’s public notice, the 624 persons have overstayed the permission granted them upon their entry to the CNMI for employment purposes.
Labor advised those people on the list to depart the CNMI immediately.
“Persons who depart the Commonwealth voluntarily are eligible to return; those who are deported are not eligible to return,” Labor said.
Labor pointed out that permissions granted upon entry may have been extended or the entry status may have been changed under a number of different provisions of Commonwealth law, “but all extensions and changes must be documented and the applicable fees paid.”
Workers whose names are on the overstayers list but have a valid immigration status that allows them to be in the CNMI are urged to report to the Labor Director’s executive secretary, Evelyn Sablan, before Dec. 29, 2008, to correct the records.
The overstayers report included Roderick A. Alegre, once a member of CNMI Men’s National Team, who died during a basketball game at Ada Gym on Feb. 13, 2008.
