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What's wrong with Bermuda passports?

Many people who become British Overseas Territories citizens ask about applying for a Bermuda passport as well. I tend to tell people that the Bermuda passport is often barely worth the trouble. Naturalisation as a BOT citizen is of great value, but you don't need the passport itself.

New work permit policies published

Following a consultation period, new work permit policies have been published. I wrote something about the consultation and the proposals previously.

Policy updates for permission to reside on an annual basis

The Minister has recently published an updated policy on people seeking permission to reside in Bermuda on an annual basis, without working. This has been an option for a long time, the digital nomad policy was a re-brand of it, and I expect to see many digital nomads changing

The perils of using a Bermuda driving licence overseas

There are many good things about living in Bermuda. One not so good thing is wanting to drive overseas when you only have a Bermuda driving licence. At some point, many jurisdictions' driving licences will become invalidated if you are no longer living in that country. This means that

Have you have accidentally become a Bermudian?!?!

Believe it or not, I very occasionally come across people who have been added to the Register of Bermudians by mistake. It's not entirely clear how this happens, although all such people happened to be BOT citizens, and so I think it is something to do with processing

The ins and outs of favouring Bermudians

I recently posted about some of the proposed changes to Bermuda's work permit policies. One thing that arises is the suggestion of a hiring hierarchy - favouring Bermudians first, then spouses, then divorced parents of Bermudians, then PRC holders, then other non-Bermudians with a 'qualifying connection'

New draft work permit policies published for consultation

The Department for Immigration has published a draft new set of work permit policies to replace the current policies, dating from 2015. There is a consultation running until the 4th July, and everybody is invited to give their feedback. This is only a proposal at this stage. Below, I set