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Effective Immediately: Minister announces new requirements needed to renew work permits

Effective Immediately: Minister announces new requirements needed to renew work permits

This story has been updated Minister of Labour & Immigration Vincent Wheatley has announced new requirements that persons will need to renew their work permits.

“Effective immediately, all work permit renewals being submitted to the Department of Labour & Workforce Development are to be accompanied by the company’s good standing from the Social Security Board, Inland Revenue Department and the National Health Insurance as well as ,” Wheatley said in the House of Assembly on Friday, July 10.

Work permit holders will also need to submit certificates of earning from the Social Security Board and the Inland Revenue Department, Wheatley told the House.

The minister said the department will not accept any applications for renewal if they are not accompanied by those documents.


Some expats will have to leave country

These policy-changes have come amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused multiple lay-offs locally. Work permit holders who have been terminated and would like to seek alternative employment can apply for a conditional permit from the Chief Immigration Officer. That permit is valid for three months.

However, persons are only eligible for this conditional permit if they were residing in the BVI for at least five years and have not received a conditional permit in the last three years.

“The reality is [that] some will not be able to find alternative jobs. And without financial or family support, will be required to leave the territory,” Wheatley said.

Wheatley said these persons should start makeing the necessary arrangements to return to their homeland or an approved receiving jurisdiction of their choosing.

He further said these persons should register with the Immigration Department by emailing immigrationinfo@gov.vg, giving the particulars of their departure to allow for their exit to be ‘properly recorded’


This, Wheatley said, would assist “in a smooth re-entry when opportunity presents itself”.

“We recognize that many already wish to leave and we will do all that we can to assist those persons in whatever way we can … I am aware that in a time like this, many persons might be disheartened and frustrated by the decision to have them return to their home country. And though we are walking by faith and not by sight, the reality shows a future filled with bleak times for the entire world. Our territory is no exception to that reality,” he further said.

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