Guam § 7118 - Mandatory Registration of Non-Immigrant Temporary Worker.

§ 7118. Mandatory Registration of Non-Immigrant Temporary Worker.

It is unlawful for a non-immigrant temporary worker to report to work prior to obtaining a work permit

identification card duly signed by the Director of Labor and sealed by his office. The work permit

identification card constitutes a work permit and shall be renewed upon approval of importation, transfer

or extension of non-immigrant temporary workers contract.

(a) Work permit identification cards must be carried at all times by the non-immigrant temporary

worker and conspicuously displayed during working hours at his place of work. Failure to do so

constitutes violation of this Section.

(b) The mandatory requirements for work registration and identification cards are applicable to

the importation, transfer and extension of non-immigrant temporary workers.

(c) Each non-immigrant temporary worker is required to report to the Guam Department of Labor

prior to repatriation to point of hire.

(d) Employers or their agents shall not purchase or procure repatriation transportation of a non-

immigrant temporary worker without obtaining exit clearances from the Guam Department of Labor

and the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority.

(e) Actual departures shall be made within thirty (30) days from issuance of exit clearance, and

employers or their agents shall furnish the Guam Department of Labor with a certification from the

transportation carrier that the non-immigrant worker has departed from Guam. The certification shall

include the name of the non-immigrant worker, the name of the carrier, date and ticket number.