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Immigration Position Paper provides lack of meaningful commitments

The Minister responsible for Immigration and Labour has recently published a Position Paper on Addressing the Challenges of an Aging Population [https://rgb-prod-public-pdfs.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Zlx7sqWRAjZkgCipugjACNuXhK8.pdf] . As with any formal announcement from Immigration, long-term residents will be interested in what this

Can public service employees naturalise as BOT citizens?

In order to naturalise as a BOT citizen, the key requirement is to be free from time restrictions on a person's period of residence in Bermuda. One group of people where there is a good argument for this is public service employees. Section 25 of the Bermuda Immigration

Immigration facing severe delays

Hazards of renouncing American citizenship

I speak to various American citizens who tell me that, once they have British Overseas Territories (BOT) and British citizenship, they would like to renounce their American citizenship - usually due to the almost uniquely American practice of demanding taxes from non-resident citizens. I tell them that is something to

Immigration fees and online applications

Some immigration fees have increased as of 1st April 2022. Applying for status under s.20B (i.e., for people who came here before 1st August 1989) will now cost $600, up from $315. Naturalisation as a British Overseas Territories citizen is almost doubling to $1000 from $525. Although a

Biometric enrollment for British citizenship applications

Working rights now re-extended to unmarried partners