Court junks deportation case vs Pinay tourist in Marianas
MANILA, Philippines - A court in the US territory of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands dismissed the case filed against a Filipina who was earlier accused of overstaying in the CNMI, the Marianas Variety reported on Wednesday.
The report said CNMI Superior Court Associate Judge David A. Wiseman granted the motion to dismiss the case against Dolores De Guzman after she complied with the requirements legalizing her stay in the Marianas.
The Variety said CNMI immigration investigator Abram C. Togawa discovered in November 2006 that De Guzman stayed in the CNMI for six years and five months even after her “long term tourist" entry permit had expired in 2001.
Togawa reportedly told the court that De Guzman, a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines, neither had a pending labor application for employment status nor a temporary work authorization, which made her a deportable alien.
Another report by Saipan Tribune on Wednesday said that last April 24, De Guzman entered into a settlement agreement with CNMI’s Assistant Attorney General Kevin Lynch.
The Variety said De Guzman agreed to pay permit fees and $175 for alien registration.
She was also ordered to submit an application for an Immediate Relative (IR) entry permit. Under CNMI laws, an applicant could be granted an IR status if he or she is under the age of 21, whether natural or adopted, a spouse, or a parent of a US citizen in the CNMI.
De Guzman was issued an IR entry permit that will last until 2009, according to the news reports. - Kimberly Jane T. Tan, GMANews.TV
The report said CNMI Superior Court Associate Judge David A. Wiseman granted the motion to dismiss the case against Dolores De Guzman after she complied with the requirements legalizing her stay in the Marianas.
The Variety said CNMI immigration investigator Abram C. Togawa discovered in November 2006 that De Guzman stayed in the CNMI for six years and five months even after her “long term tourist" entry permit had expired in 2001.
Togawa reportedly told the court that De Guzman, a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines, neither had a pending labor application for employment status nor a temporary work authorization, which made her a deportable alien.
Another report by Saipan Tribune on Wednesday said that last April 24, De Guzman entered into a settlement agreement with CNMI’s Assistant Attorney General Kevin Lynch.
The Variety said De Guzman agreed to pay permit fees and $175 for alien registration.
She was also ordered to submit an application for an Immediate Relative (IR) entry permit. Under CNMI laws, an applicant could be granted an IR status if he or she is under the age of 21, whether natural or adopted, a spouse, or a parent of a US citizen in the CNMI.
De Guzman was issued an IR entry permit that will last until 2009, according to the news reports. - Kimberly Jane T. Tan, GMANews.TV
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