He said he has been asked by other guest workers to request the USCIS to process all applications on Saipan instead of on Guam.
“The foreign workers feel so uncomfortable with the situation because they find it not safe to mail the advance parole to their homeland,” he said.
Right now, he said, during emergency cases, guest workers have to go home without an advance parole, which will allow them to return to the CNMI as guest workers.
It takes more than a month to process an advance parole application, he added.
“It can jeopardize the travel schedule of a guest worker who has to leave the island because of an emergency,” he said.
Syed said some have to pay additional charges for their airfare if they will reschedule their flight reservations while waiting for the arrival of their advance parole.
He said they are asking Immigration Services District Director David Gulick and USCIS District 26 Field Office Director Walter Haithe to look into the guest workers’ concern.
This request, he added, is reasonable because it applies to emergency cases.
“I hope USCIS and Homeland Security officials will set up a processing office on Saipan,” Syed said.
