Overstaying Pinay faces deportation from Saipan
SUSUPE, Saipan – A houseworker from the Philippines is facing deportation from the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) for overstaying in the main island of Saipan for almost six years.
Tessie P. Maligsa’s nonresident work entry permit expired on April 15, 2002, according to the CNMI Division of Immigration.
She does not have any pending labor complaint.
Maligsa submitted a nonresident worker’s application at the Department of Labor but the application was never approved due to a deficiency that was not complied with.
Labor also never issued her a temporary work authorization.
Still, Maligsa went on to work as a houseworker for years.
There are over 1,500 foreign houseworkers in the CNMI, most of them from the Philippines.
On Dec. 19, 2007, the Division of Immigration received information that Maligsa has been a long-time illegal worker staying with her two children in Koblerville, a village in the southern part of Saipan.
“Respondent has overstayed for about five years and nine months and has failed to comply with the requirements or condition of her entry," an immigration investigator said in documents submitted to the CNMI Superior Court.
Superior Court Associate Judge David A. Wiseman ordered Maligsa to appear in court on Feb. 21 at 1:30 p.m. to explain why she should not be deported.
In recent times, CNMI authorities have been finding overstaying a number of overstaying nonresident workers from the Philippines, China and other Asian countries amid a congressional proposal to extend U.S. federal immigration in the CNMI. - GMANews.TV
Tessie P. Maligsa’s nonresident work entry permit expired on April 15, 2002, according to the CNMI Division of Immigration.
She does not have any pending labor complaint.
Maligsa submitted a nonresident worker’s application at the Department of Labor but the application was never approved due to a deficiency that was not complied with.
Labor also never issued her a temporary work authorization.
Still, Maligsa went on to work as a houseworker for years.
There are over 1,500 foreign houseworkers in the CNMI, most of them from the Philippines.
On Dec. 19, 2007, the Division of Immigration received information that Maligsa has been a long-time illegal worker staying with her two children in Koblerville, a village in the southern part of Saipan.
“Respondent has overstayed for about five years and nine months and has failed to comply with the requirements or condition of her entry," an immigration investigator said in documents submitted to the CNMI Superior Court.
Superior Court Associate Judge David A. Wiseman ordered Maligsa to appear in court on Feb. 21 at 1:30 p.m. to explain why she should not be deported.
In recent times, CNMI authorities have been finding overstaying a number of overstaying nonresident workers from the Philippines, China and other Asian countries amid a congressional proposal to extend U.S. federal immigration in the CNMI. - GMANews.TV
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