Economic investment update
The new policy on obtaining a residential certificate through economic investment has now been published. They are re-branding it as an Economic Investment Residential Certificate (EIRC).
The main changes are that:
Residency
Changes to visitors' length of stay
The Minister responsible for immigration, Jason Hayward, has tabled a new Bill that will limit how long people may stay in Bermuda as a visitor.
At present, people are able to enter Bermuda for up to six months, then leave and
Working rights now re-extended to unmarried partners
New Economic Investment Certificate policy
Although promoted as a brand new opportunity for people to acquire permanent rights in Bermuda, it was in reality a way to get rid of a more generous policy and replace it with something more restrictive, but it does still offer options for some.
Belonging in Bermuda
In the past few years, various immigration options have developed for long-term residents and their families in Bermuda. This is mostly centred on naturalisation as a British Overseas Territories (“BOT”) citizen. In this article, I shall attempt to give a summary of these options for the following