Topic: Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board
Privy Council to rule on Cayman’s permanent residency points system
Judges in the UK's highest court are deliberating on whether the points system used by government to determine if a person should be granted permanent residency in Cayman is compatible with the Bill of Rights.
Work permits near 37K mark
After a slight decline at the start of January work permits have begun trending upwards once again and appear to be heading to surpass the 37,000 mark based on numbers shared by the HSM law firm last week.
Two years on, still no permanent residency resolution
Legal experts are drafting proposed recommendations to tighten Cayman's permanent residency regime in a bid to limit who can qualify to remain indefinitely.
Manderson: ‘File for divorce before we get you’
Deputy Governor Franz Manderson has warned couples in sham marriages to "go to the court and file for divorce before we get you" as a crackdown on immigration-related marriages of convenience continues.
Seymour replaces immigration boards
Border Control Minister Dwayne Seymour has opted not to reappoint the former members of both the Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board and the Business Staffing Plan Board.
Backlog builds as immigration boards remain vacant
Clearing the growing backlog of applications for both permanent residency and Caymanian status has hit a major snag as for the last two months there has been no functioning board to review and process the forms.
Tribunal finds board’s denial of status ‘unreasonable’
I’m deeply concerned by the recent Cayman Compass headline attributed to the chair of the Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board that ‘Controversial’ changes...
‘Controversial’ changes to PR system will be in ‘best interests of Caymanians’
Near one year after the review of Cayman's Permanent Residency point system commenced the final report with recommended changes is expected to be delivered to cabinet within a month's time, attorney Steve McField confirmed.
Legal action looms over delayed permanent residency applications
The Cayman Islands government is facing potential legal challenges over what appears to be a Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board-imposed moratorium on processing permanent residency applications.
Cayman’s permanent residency points system under review
A team of local experts headed by attorney Steve McField has been commissioned to begin a review of Cayman's permanent residency point system, Deputy Premier Chris Saunders has announced.
‘Necessary’ training delays application-processing by WORC boards
Training described as "necessary to ensure continuity and timely processing" is being blamed for delays reviewing and approving applications to Workforce Opportunities & Residency Cayman boards.
Permanent residents forced to wait months to change job titles
Permanent residents who have lost jobs in the tourism industry and are seeking employment in other fields are facing months of delays in changing their job titles because of immigration rules.
Jamaican files legal challenge to permanent residency denial
Jamaican national Clide Coley is challenging government’s decision to deny his permanent residency application, arguing that the Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board did not fully factor his investment in a local business when making its decision.
EDITORIAL – Welcoming our newest residents
Allow us to officially (and very belatedly) welcome the Cayman Islands’ 708 new permanent residents. Congratulations are in order, and perhaps a bottle of celebratory champagne.
Developer David Morritt receives Caymanian status
After staying here for some 30 years as a visitor, Morritt’s Properties East End developer David Morritt has been granted Caymanian status by the Cayman Islands Cabinet.
EDITORIAL – Dilly-dallying and bureaucratic delays at Immigration
How long does it take to stamp a passport? Five seconds? Maybe 10 seconds, if you fumble the pages?
How about six months?
Immigration halfway through permanent residence backlog
Cayman Islands immigration authorities have dealt with just more than half of all outstanding applications for permanent residence, according to figures released Tuesday by the Immigration Department.
Status application delayed for 5 years over residency fees
A substance abuse counselor, who was required to pay a doctor’s work permit fees to maintain his permanent residence in the Cayman Islands, has sued a government-appointed immigration board over its refusal to hear his Caymanian status application since 2012.
Legislative Assembly grants Caymanian status to 3 residents
Three longtime residents received Caymanian status on Thursday after the Legislative Assembly ratified the Cabinet grants.
Six more gain permanent residence after waiting 4+ years
A woman who waited so long for a decision on her permanent residence application that her son became Caymanian during the delay period is one of six people recently granted residency. She applied more than four years ago.
Backlog of permanent residency cases grows by nearly 10 percent
The number of backlogged applications for permanent residence in the Cayman Islands grew by 9.2 percent over a two-week period in late September and early October, despite the efforts of immigration officials to reduce that number, the Cayman Compass has learned.
Denied PR applicants start filing appeals
At least five people who were denied permanent resident status within the past two months have filed appeals against those decisions, the Cayman Compass can reveal.
277 residency applications decided over last two months
Within the last two months, Cayman Islands government officials have made decisions on 277 applications for permanent residence.
The children of ‘ghosts’ haunt Cayman immigration
A group of people sometimes referred to as “Ghost Caymanians” are now spawning a second generation that Cayman Islands Immigration Law has little, if any, means to address, legal experts warn.
EDITORIAL – ‘The long goodbye’: Waide DaCosta’s ‘exit interview’
When Mr. DaCosta published his scathing critiques last week, he never addressed why during his tenure (which spanned four different government administrations), he never spoke up — or stepped down.
Former PR board chair ‘not a proponent’ of residency system
The former head of the Cayman Islands government board tasked with approving Caymanian status and permanent residence applications said in a statement last week that he was “not a proponent” of the 2013 system that granted residence to non-Caymanian applicants.
Government: No major delays from PR board change
Changes that introduced five new members, including a new chairman, to the immigration board that decides on grants of Caymanian status and permanent residence will not significantly delay any pending residency cases, senior government officials said Thursday.
Immigration shake-up: PR Chairman Waide DaCosta replaced
The Cayman Islands government appointed new leadership to the Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board amid a slew of changes to immigration-related governing bodies Wednesday.
Legal action leads to more permanent residency grants
Five more permanent residence applicants who challenged years-long delays in the processing of their cases have been granted the right to remain in Cayman for the rest of their life, according to their attorneys.
Residency delays may clear up by mid-2018
A backlog of more than 1,100 permanent residence applications – some of which have been in limbo for three or four years – could be cleared by mid-2018 if immigration officials continue the pace they set in August for hearing those applications.
Court grants review of five permanent residency cases
Five permanent residence applicants have been granted requests for Grand Court judicial review hearings following claims that they suffered financial damages as a result of the government’s years-long delays in hearing their applications.
EDITORIAL: PR backlog: The line is getting longer!
This isn’t working, and unless major changes are made, it can never work.
First residency applications approved under new Immigration Law
Under threat of legal action, the first two permanent residence applications filed under the current iteration of the Cayman Islands Immigration Law were approved this week, the Cayman Compass has learned.
Permanent residence challenge put off until summer
An accountant who filed a court challenge over how long it took the government to hear his application for permanent residence is likely to have his case heard sometime in June or July. Bradley Carpenter’s judicial review hearing is now listed for “the first open date after May 26.”
2 Honduran kids who faced deportation can remain in Cayman
Two children who faced deportation to Honduras in August, possibly being sent back by themselves into an abusive situation, have been allowed to remain in Cayman at least until they reach adulthood, the Immigration Appeals Tribunal has ruled.
EDITORIAL – Absolute Zero: PR applications put in deep freeze
The Progressives government’s real immigration policy is to have zero immigration.
PR applicant misses deadline by one day
A permanent residence-seeker had his application to stay in the Cayman Islands for the rest of his life rejected because he missed the filling deadline by a single day, according to claims made in the Grand Court last month.
