{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"CN","name":"China","slug":"china"},"destination":{"code":"MP","name":"Northern Mariana Islands"},"status":"eta","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"northern-mariana-islands-prc-cnmi-evs-tap-eta","title":"Northern Mariana Islands: PRC CNMI EVS-TAP authorization","summary":"The live CBP G-CNMI portal expressly provides a CNMI EVS-TAP electronic authorization route for PRC citizens visiting the CNMI for 14 days or less.","status":"eta","conditions":["This is a CNMI-only electronic authorization route for PRC citizens, for business or pleasure stays of 14 days or less; it does not establish entry to Guam or other U.S. destinations.","The live portal requires application, passport and eligibility information before travel; approval does not guarantee admission.","The State Department page's older Form I-736 wording conflicts operationally with the current electronic CBP portal; no route is inferred for PRC passports to Guam.","Residence, work, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, special-document, security and admissibility rules remain outside this policy."],"sourceIds":["us-ecfr-current-nonimmigrant-document-requirements"],"application":{"url":"https://g-cnmi-eta.cbp.dhs.gov/","label":"G-CNMI ETA / CNMI EVS-TAP","steps":["Create the CNMI EVS-TAP authorization application before travel.","Provide passport, identity, contact, travel and eligibility information.","Travel only after authorization and request admission in the CNMI."]}},{"id":"cnmi-prc-ordinary-passport-evs-tap","title":"Northern Mariana Islands: PRC CNMI EVS-TAP","summary":"Current 8 CFR 212.1(r) establishes CNMI EVS-TAP as a restricted pre-travel electronic authorization sub-program for PRC nationals, so the short-visitor route is normalized as eta.","status":"eta","conditions":["Before embarking, the PRC national must receive CBP electronic authorization, be a business/pleasure visitor, use an ICAO-compliant PRC machine-readable passport and hold the required round-trip ticket and I-94.","Entry and stay are CNMI-only for no more than 14 days; it is neither admission to Guam nor ordinary U.S. entry. No extension or change of status is available; residence, work, transit, crew, parole, diplomatic, official, special-document and final-admission routes are outside this policy."],"sourceIds":["us-current-ecfr-documentary-requirements","us-cbp-current-gcnmi-eta-portal"],"application":{"url":"https://g-cnmi-eta.cbp.dhs.gov/","label":"CBP CNMI EVS-TAP","steps":["Submit the CNMI EVS-TAP electronic authorization before embarkation.","Provide PRC passport, eligibility and travel information.","Travel only after authorization and request CBP admission in the CNMI."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"us-ecfr-current-nonimmigrant-document-requirements","title":"8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants","url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-212/section-212.1","publisher":"eCFR, Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security","jurisdiction":"United States","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"us-current-ecfr-documentary-requirements","title":"8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants","url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-212/section-212.1","publisher":"U.S. Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security","jurisdiction":"United States","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"us-cbp-current-gcnmi-eta-portal","title":"CBP Official G-CNMI ETA Application Website","url":"https://g-cnmi-eta.cbp.dhs.gov/","publisher":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","jurisdiction":"United States / Guam / Northern Mariana Islands","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}