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Instructions for Form I-129CW, Petition for a CNMI-

Department of Homeland Security

Only Nonimmigrant Transitional Worker

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Instructions

Read these instructions carefully to properly complete this form.

This Table of Contents will help you locate information on the

Including more than one alien in a petition.

Multiple

form and supplement:

aliens who will seek admission in CW-1 classification may be

included on the same petition provided they will:

Table of Contents

Page

1. All be working in the same occupational category;

General Information

2. All be employed for the same period of time;

Petition Always Required

3. All be employed in the same location; and

Initial Evidence

Initial Grant of CW-1 Status

4. Are requesting the same action in questions 2 and 5 of Part

2 of Form I-129CW (Basis for Classification and

Change of Status/Extension of Stay

Requested Action).

General Evidence

Naming beneficiaries.

All aliens in a petition for CW-1

When To File?

classification, an extension of stay, or change of status must be

Where To File?

named in the petition. Unnamed beneficiaries are not

What Is the Filing Fee?

permitted.

Processing Information, Penalties, Privacy Act Notice,

USCIS Forms and Information, and Paperwork

General Filing Instructions

Reduction Act

Complete the basic form and the related supplement. Answer

all questions by typing or clearly printing in black ink.

Indicate that an item is not applicable with "N/A." If the

What Is the Purpose of This Form?

answer is none, write "None."

This form is used by an employer to petition U.S. Citizenship

If you need extra space to answer any item, go to Part 8 and

and Immigration Services (USCIS) for an alien to come as a

write the number of the item to which the answer refers. You

nonimmigrant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

must file your petition with the required initial evidence. The

Islands (CNMI) temporarily to perform services or labor as a:

petition must be properly signed and filed with the proper fee.

CW-1, CNMI-Only Transitional Worker, an alien worker

NOTE: Submit the petition and all supporting documentation

who will enter or remain in the CNMI for the purpose of

in duplicate if you would like the U.S. Department of State

employment during the transition period, and is ineligible

(DOS) to be notified of the approval of this petition.

for another classification under the Immigration and

Nationality Act (INA).

Petition Always Required

This form is used also by an employer to request an extension

You must apply for CW-1 classification. A petition for new or

of stay or change of status for a CNMI-Only Transitional

concurrent employment or for an extension where there is a

Worker.

change in previously approved employment must be filed with

the initial evidence listed below, and with the initial evidence

NOTE: Form I-129CW consists of a basic petition and an

required by the separate instructions for an initial grant of

individual supplement relating to this classification.

status, a change of status or extension of stay. A petition for an

extension based on an unchanged continuation of previously

approved employment, however, should only be filed with the

Who May File This Form?

initial evidence required in the separate extension-of-stay

instructions.

General.

An employer may file this form and applicable

supplement to classify an alien as a CNMI-Only Transitional

Worker. In order to obtain the status, the worker must either

be lawfully present in the CNMI, or must be coming from

abroad to the CNMI with a CW-1 visa. The alien cannot be

present in the United States, other than in the CNMI.

Form I-129CW Instructions 12/23/16 N Page 1

Instructions For Form I-129cw - Petition For A Cnmi-Only Nonimmigrant Transitional Worker

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