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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Resident status to certain otherwise qualifying aliens who do not meet a current requirement of having resided continuously and lawfully in the Northern Mariana Islands from November 28, 2009, through June 25, 2019. </p> <p>Specifically an alien shall be exempt from this residency requirement if the alien was admitted as a Commonwealth Only Transitional Worker during FY2015 and every subsequent fiscal year before July 24, 2018.</p> <p>To qualify for CNMI Resident status, the alien must meet other existing requirements related to such status.</p> <p>An individual who has resided in the Northern Mariana Islands as an investor and is currently residing as a Northern Mariana Islands-only nonimmigrant&nbsp;may receive CNMI Resident status upon meeting other requirements.&nbsp;</p> <ul></ul>]]></text>
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