UK requires Caymanian long-term visitors to carry new ID
(CNS): Cayman nationals who are long term visitors or residents for six months or more in the UK will need to get a new Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) starting at the end of next month. According to the governor’s office the BRP is a credit card sized ID showing a person’s status in the UK. It will indicate the holder’s right to work or study and allow access to public services in Britain.
Sample Biometric Residence Permit (BRP)
Officials claimed the permits will provide “a more secure, streamlined and faster method for applicants, businesses and services to verify someone’s identity and right to be in the UK.”
Those entitled to be in the UK will now receive a sticker in their passport when they arrive which will only be valid for 30 days, instead of a full grant of leave to stay in UK.
This means the applicant can enter the UK but must collect their BRP from a designated post office within just ten days of arrival. The post office and 30 day travel window will be determined using information provided in the application form. The vignette affixed in the passport, officials said, is a temporary document and should not be accepted as proof of entitlement to work, train, study or claim benefits.
Get a biometric residence permit (BRP) – UK Government website
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Reform British nationality to reflect the situation in the French Caribbean. While there are people known as Martinicans, they are as French as native Parisians. Whether born in Metropolitan France or Guadeloupe, they carry French passports and are equally French Citizens with reciprocal rights of abode, work, benefits etc. End the different categories of nationality (British Citizen, British Overseas Territories Citizen, Caymanian Status) and replace it with ONE nationality – British Citizen – and reciprocal (equal) rights whether a person is born in London or Georgetown. Likewise the same should apply in Bermuda, TCI, BVI, Anguilla etc.
Trust me, its worst over here… as a UK Citzen i cant wait for my first holiday to your Islands
I am going to push my local leaders in Florida to require Visas for Caymanians I find most of you people to be bad minded without the understanding of rite from wrong.
Its very sad indeed
Well that’s a wonderous generalisation right there, way to keep an open mind also, its *Right not “rite”, and if we we to compare I’d say there are far more “Bad minded” Floridians coming to Cayman then vice-versa so lets not go there.
Finally, personally, I find you to be quite sad and a shame to all Floridians and Americans in general, and I truly hope that in the future you better educate yourself to know that you shouldn’t draw parallels between individuals and an entire population.
Have a nice day, From a True & Proud Caymanian.
I would say good to this but at the same time why not as everyone else can!!!!!!
Hmm what is good for the goose etc. sounds like a bit of reciprocal rollover is coming!
UK government tried to implement this across the board for it’s own residents to keep track of who was entitled to free medical, housing, benefits, schooling etc, got shot down as an invasion of privacy. I guess they had already bought the machines and software so had to use it for something!
that´s not an UK thing only, that card is an EU residency permit and has the same shape all over the EU.
Really 8.47? No Caymanian needs a work permit nor a visa to stay in the Motherland..how uncomplicated is that?
Every Non-Citizen should be require to have an valid ID Card and other related docs allowing them to, short-term or long-term, residency,
In other words, every country should know who’s residing in their country, the purpose of their stay, and what they qualify for under their resident/visitors status – e.g. work, training, school, or other benefits.
A streamlined process; Cayman needs to implement the same card system.
Total made-up nonsense. Many Caymanians are not even allowed to visit the UK.
Quite correct – but it seems most people do not understand it. To those who are providing the thumbs down, how can a Caymanian with say a Jamaican, Cuban or Honduran Passport (and there are many) visit, let alone work in, the UK?
And don’t forget criminal records likely won’t get in either
could that be because of criminal records? I thought it was 80% of population had police records
CNS – Please note that the story relates to persons who have BOTC (Cayman Islands) Passports and who are not British Citizens. It has nothing to do with Caymanians who may or may not be British or BOT Citizens of the Cayman Islands.
Anyone who was a BOT of the Cayman Islands when the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 came into effect (whether or not they are also Caymanian) is a British Citizen by virtue of s. 3 of the 2002 Act.
Is there such a thing as a “Cayman national”? I doubt such a thing is recognised in UK law.
There is no such thing, unless you are referring to a bank, and the fact that even the Governor’s office appears confused on the issue is a little worrying.
Any idea if that applies to Caymanians with a full UK passport, or this is only for people with a Cayman passport?
Only people with Cayman passports who are not British. Whether or not they are also Caymanian is irrelevant.
Everyone is getting chipped. Mark of the Beast. LoL.
Why does the UK government has to make everything so complicated for the people?
Unlike the Cayman government which makes things so easy for visitors/residents.
Why just Caymanians? Is that mass status grant coming back to haunt us?
If Caymanians are entitled to claim benefits in the UK when they have never contributed to the system there, then why is there not a reciprocal arrangement here for UK citizens living here? Just axing!
Axing? Is a linguistic affectation turning into a spelling issue too now?
If you use the “word” axing then you should not be even allowed into Great Britain.
@9:48 I guess your the question is whether or not they should be allowed to return to the UK
I have never understood why the simple word “ask” is so hard to pronounce for some.
We like to take all we can get but don’t like to give anything in return. Karma is surely going to bite us one day.
Ummm…. Caymanians are not entitled to claim benefits in the UK. British citizens are. Not all Caymanians are British citizens.
Caymanians are not entitled to claim benefits in the UK.
Seems like you and a lot of other people don’t understand how this actually works.
Caribbean slavery..and the rosources of the islands all contributed towards Britain becoming the World power that it still is today..The UK has given LITTLE in return to the Caribbean..Know your UK history!