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Compliance, Economic Development 6 Jan 2025 visa waiver, customs and border protection, travel authorization, tourism, cnmi, homeland security

✈️New CNMI EVS-TAP Regulations

This document announces the implementation of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Economic Vitality & Security Travel Authorization Program (EVS-TAP). The CNMI EVS-TAP is a restricted sub-program of the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program and allows prescreened nationals of the People's Republic of China to travel to the CNMI without a visa under specified conditions. In accordance with Department of Homeland Security regulations, DHS will begin implementation of the CNMI EVS-TAP requirements 45 days after publication of this notification of implementation in the Federal Register.

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Compliance, Regulatory Changes 2 Jan 2025 homeland security, investigations, civil penalties, aliens, vessels, business compliance, fraud, administrative practice and procedure, regulatory requirements, harbors, maritime carriers, inflation adjustment, oil pollution, employment, freight, law enforcement, penalties, exports, reporting and recordkeeping requirements

📈Civil Penalty Inflation Adjustments

In this final rule, DHS adjusts for inflation its civil monetary penalties for 2025, in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and Executive Office of the President (EOP) Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance. The new penalty amounts will be effective for penalties assessed after January 2, 2025, whose associated violations occurred after November 2, 2015.

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