USCIS stops accepting CW-1 petitions under the Disaster Recovery Act.
September 29, 2022
On or after October 1, 2022, USCIS announced they will no longer accept CW-1 petitions filed by employers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (the CNMI) under the Disaster Recovery Workforce Act. The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 included the Disaster Recovery Workforce Act, Title IX, Div. P, Pub. L. 116-94. The Disaster Recovery Workforce Act increased the CW-1 cap by 3,000 for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022 for certain workers with construction and extraction occupations that were performing service or labor directly connected to or associated with recovery from major disasters or emergencies declared by the president or for preparation for a future disaster or emergency.
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