Temporary Departure Requirement
November 1, 2022
USCIS is clarifying its current policy on implementing the requirement that workers leave the U.S. for at least 30 days after two renewals of their CNMI-Only Transitional Worker (CW-1) visa classification. Effective immediately, the only CW-1 petitions the agency will classify as consecutive petitions for purposes of the temporary departure requirement are approved CW-1 petitions that have a starting validity date on or after June 18, 2020. Any extension of CW-1 status granted on or after June 18, 2020, will be considered a consecutive petition if the extension has a starting validity date on or after that date.
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