INS Cable on NAFTA Implementation 010

The Office of the United States Trade Representative has that the terms and coverage under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) shall not apply in respect to Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa and the United States Virgin Islands. References in NAFTA to a State of the United States shall be deemed to refer also to the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Accordingly, Chapter 16 of NAFTA, temporary entry, should not be applied to citizens of Mexico or Canada seeking entry to Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, or the United States Virgin Islands.

Questions about the scope of coverage of NAFTA may be directed to Headquarters Adjudications, Nonimmigrant Branch at (202) 514-5014.

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