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Northern Mariana Islands

Territory · Printed 2026-11-05 · Intel current as of 2026-11-03 · localhost:3000/geos/territory-mp

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Northern Mariana Islands benefits

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 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

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

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

79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.