Efforts to streamline and modernise Cayman Islands Department of Immigration operations continue, with revised application forms and expedited document-processing services available online.
These can be accessed on the department’s website, www.immigration.gov.ky
The application forms are for business staffing plans, permit grants and renewals, as well as for the temporary-, seasonal- and business visitors-permits. The new Term Limit Exemption Permit application form is also posted online.
“These documents were updated after efficiency evaluations were carried out in recent weeks,” said Linda Evans, Cayman Islands chief immigration officer.
Ms Evans said a new checklist accompanies each of these grant and renewal forms, with the goal of reducing processing times.
“The new checklists should help ensure that customers provide all the supporting paperwork with their applications,” Ms Evans said. “This is critical, for as of 1 March, 2012, we will no longer accept incomplete applications as this has demanded a large amount of time in the past.”
Users of the Immigration Department services are encouraged to check online and verify their documentation against the newly-created checklist in order to avoid delays in their applications being processed.
Deputy Chief Immigration Officer for Administration Samantha Bennett has responsibility for customer service and the intake of applications. She said in order to improve service standards, the department requires all of the correct, completed and essential documentation to support each application.
“Application processing times can be much-improved if all paperwork is complete at the time of submission,” Mrs. Bennett said. “Forms are often submitted with unanswered questions or incomplete signatures and information, leaving the Boards unable to make informed decisions, which may lead to refusals or deferred applications. This is one of the major steps we need to accomplish in order to improve the customer service standards of the Department.”
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Granted the work permits may be taken out to benefit a ‘few’ Caymanians directly or in a business, I do wonder if we’ll ever get any forms/procedures to assist us with some feeling entitled to employment opportunities?
Bet you wont see all those jobs on contract in our public service advertised; the Boards can’t refuse applications WHEN they know of the tragic number of Caymanians (skilled professional) unemployed or underemployed and labour inspectors making surprise visits to private firms/businesses to witness first hand how foreigners are being favoured, or worse not even representing this country in the most positive manner.
Always making it easier for the already ENTITLED foreign worker! WHy don’t they rename the Immigration Department to Department of Foreigners’ Entitlements.
And no, not xenophobic etc etc etc., but truly disgusted at the lack of guts by our leaders to simply demand that the native/local/indigenous people of this country, with no alternative place of abode opportunity be given priority.
Trust me we have had enough!
Really? hope you didn’t think I was expecting ‘thumps up’…. just emphasizes my point. If we ‘say’ anything that’s not politically correct or in the favour of foreign workers, we are expected to shut up, back off, ‘stay in our submissive role’.
SAdly, many of us know the type of favourable immigration policy for all foreign nationals, WOULD NOT happen in other countries.
When we get leaders willing to enforce regs to decrease unfair-discrimination, promote due diligence on foreigner workers and inspections in work places to stop unfair employment practices, then there will be less anger and frustration.
We might arguably be a minority but if we are pushed and make a stand, all workers will suffer from the social unrest. So continue the unfairness and see how many more friends/relatives will be able to step off a plane in paradise and get a job over the locals.