Cayman Islands Revised Immigration Law Introduced
In the very beginning of year 2007, the Cayman government announced that Amendments revising the Cayman Islands Immigration Law (2006 Revision) had come into force. Following the passage of the Immigration (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2006, the bill received the Governor’s assent last month, and after that it was published on December 21, 2006.
The law consists of 59 pages and contains many changes to the existing Immigration Law, 2003. There are changes in permanent residency, work-permit term limits, a new category of key employees as well as in the ability of the Chief Immigration Officer to grant Caymanian Status to some particular categories of applicants.
It is worth mentioning that many amendments to the draft bill resulted from public input to the discussion draft.
A number of important amendments are expected to benefit both employers and employees as they are closely connected with the fixed term work permit provisions as well as with the fact that many people are rapidly reaching the end of their term limit.
The amendments to the law are aimed at providing certainty for employers and employees.