Beneficiary Travel from the Northern Mariana Islands
A round trip to Hawaii cost more than $3,700 in January 2023, the highest VA recorded for any territory, and fifty-six percent of the Commonwealth’s enrolled veterans did not…
Gate: Thirty percent or more qualifies for travel to any VA care
www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106364
CNMI Ban on Employment Discrimination Against Veterans
Discriminating against anyone in employment because of prior military service is prohibited in the Commonwealth, carries a fine, and is separately actionable as a civil tort with…
cnmilaw.gov/commonwealth-code/203
CNMI Government Veterans Preference
Two points for a disabled veteran and one for a veteran on entry to the Commonwealth civil service.
cnmilaw.gov/commonwealth-code/1360
CNMI Office of Military Liaison and Veteran Affairs
The Commonwealth veterans office, in the Governor’s office since 2002.
cnmilaw.gov/commonwealth-code/201
CNMI Veteran and Disabled Veteran License Plates
A quarter off the plate fee for a veteran, free at one hundred percent permanent and total, with no limit on how many vehicles.
Gate: Ten percent opens the disabled veteran plate; One hundred percent permanent and total makes it free
cnmilaw.gov/document/6231
CNMI Veterans Cemetery
A VA-grant-funded veterans cemetery at Marpi on Saipan. Burial is free for the veteran, and the spouse and dependent fee covers actual cost with the plot given free.
cnmilaw.gov/commonwealth-code/205
No National Guard in the Northern Mariana Islands
The Commonwealth is one of two U.S. territories with no National Guard.
www.pacom.mil/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/3766798/guam-guard-recruits-jump-from-3-to-75-in-the-northern-marianas-islands
Paid Military and Emergency Service Leave for CNMI Government Employees
Permanent Commonwealth government employees who serve in the Guard, a reserve component, the FEMA Reservist Program, the NOAA Corps or another USERRA service get up to 30 working…
cnmileg.net/documents/laws/public/24/PL24-18.pdf
Saipan VA Clinic
The Commonwealth’s only VA health facility, in Garapan on Saipan, open two days a week for primary care.
www.va.gov/pacific-islands-health-care/locations/saipan-va-clinic
VA Native American Direct Loan in the Northern Mariana Islands
Article XII of the Commonwealth Constitution restricts long-term interests in land to persons of Northern Marianas descent, which is what makes the territory eligible for VA’s…
cnmilaw.gov/constitution
Voluntary Veterans Preference in CNMI Private Employment
A permission, not an entitlement. Private employers in the Commonwealth may prefer veterans, their widows and widowers, and the spouses of permanently and totally disabled…
cnmilaw.gov/commonwealth-code/213
What the Northern Mariana Islands Does Not Offer Veterans
No property tax exemption, no income tax exemption for military retired pay, no territorial tuition waiver, and no cash bonus.
cnmilaw.gov/commonwealth-code/199