Rabby Syed, the group’s president, said those seeking their help are hoping for a faster processing of advance parole which allows nonresident workers going off-island to return to the CNMI and continue their employment here.
“It takes a month for them to get the advance parole,” Syed said, adding that this is contrary to what the U.S. Citizenship Immigration Service has been telling applicants.
He recalled that David Gulick, USCIS district director, assured them that the processing of the advance parole would be faster this year.
USCIS had issued statement, announcing that the process would take 10 days only, but this didn’t happen, Syed said.
“This has caused so much inconvenience to nonresident workers who have to leave the CNMI for medical or emergency reasons,” he added.
Syed said he is asking again USCIS to expedite the processing of the advance parole.
He said USCIS should open a processing center on Saipan.
“There are more than 16,000 nonresident workers in the CNMI so I think USCIS should the process advance parole here,” he added.
