{"abstract":"The Secretary of Homeland Security announces that the annual fiscal year numerical limitation for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)-Only Transitional Worker (CW-1) nonimmigrant classification for fiscal year (FY) 2017 (October 1, 2016--September 30, 2017) is set at 12,998. This notice announces the mandated annual reduction of the CW-1 numerical limitation and provides the public with additional information regarding the new CW-1 numerical limit. This notice ensures that CNMI employers and employees have sufficient information regarding the maximum number of foreign workers who may be granted CW-1 transitional worker status during FY 2017.","action":"Notification of numerical limitation.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2016/09/02/2016-21325.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":214,"title":8}],"citation":"81 FR 60581","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective Date: September 2, 2016.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["CIS No. 2586-16","DHS Docket No. USCIS-2012-0010"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2016-21325","effective_on":"2016-09-02","end_page":60582,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2016/09/02/2016-21325.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/09/02/2016-21325/commonwealth-of-the-northern-mariana-islands-cnmi-only-transitional-worker-numerical-limitation-for","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2016-21325?publication_date=2016-09-02","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2016-09-02/2016-21325/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":1502,"last_updated":"2026-08-25 16:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-02/pdf/2016-21325.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-21325.pdf?1472674525","publication_date":"2016-09-02","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2016/09/02/2016-21325.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1615-ZB59":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["1615-ZB59"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=USCIS-2012-0010","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"USCIS-2012-0010","regulation_id_number":"1615-ZB43","title":"CNMI-Only Transitional Worker Numerical Limitation for Fiscal Year 2013","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2016-09-22T06:00:17Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":60581,"subtype":null,"title":"Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)-Only Transitional Worker Numerical Limitation for Fiscal Year 2017","toc_doc":"Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island-Only Transitional Worker Numerical Limitation for Fiscal Year 2017","toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Rule","volume":81}