Tag: immigration boards
CJ highlights list of problems with immigration appeals
(CNS): The chief justice has ordered the Immigration Appeals Tribunal (IAT) to rehear two cases after describing a catalogue of problems in the points given to two women whose applications for permanent residency were refused. In a judgment likely to impact many more future cases, Anthony Smellie pointed to a substantial wrong and a miscarriage […]
Immigration boss remains on suspension
(CNS): It is now more than eight months since Linda Evans was placed on required leave from her post as the chief immigration officer as a result of allegations of misconduct. Although government officials have stated that there is no criminal investigation into Evans’ conduct, officials said Monday that an “administrative process” is still underway. […]
Audit exposed Immigration appeals shamble
(CNS): An internal audit at the government secretariat which deals with immigration appeals found a catalogue of problems undermining the system and causing massive delays. Poor record keeping, inadequate security, breaches of the immigration law, weak management systems and staff shortages were all identified as contributing to the chaos. But government said it had significantly […]
Boards to blame over advert infractions
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin has pointed the finger at the immigration boards as the ones who should be asking the questions of employers who run recruitment advertisements that disenfranchise locals as they aim to recruit or retain specific work-permit holders. When George Town MLA and backbench C4C member Winston Connolly asked about the enforcement and […]
CIG seeks firm to deliver immigration online
(CNS): As government makes promises of much more transparency regarding the immigration system, it has begun the hunt for a private sector partner to deliver the software for a system that would streamline communication between the Department of Immigration . The advertisement in the local print media is seeking a fixed price to implement the […]
Business staffing plans should be public
(CNS): The public needs to have access to business staffing plans so they can see exactly how local companies are hiring, training, promoting or firing Caymanians, the independent member for North Side has stated. Ezzard Miller has tabled a private member’s motion that he hopes will be the first step towards real transparency and allow […]
Judge’s ruling highlights weaknesses in Rickfield case
(CNS): A catalogue of disclosure problems, the potential interference of the attorney general in a criminal case, a finding by one officer that there was no criminal conduct and an inexplicable delay in the progress of the investigation were just some of the issues highlighted in a judge’s ruling relating to the case against the […]
Rickfield acquitted after five year ordeal
(CNS): Tichina Rickfield, the acting Work Permit Board secretary, was acquitted of all the remaining charges against her Tuesday when a jury took less than two hours to find her not guilty on all seven counts of making a document without authorization and one count of misconduct in public office.
Ex board chair says Rickfield was set up
(CNS): The former chair of the Work Permit  Board told the court Monday that she couldn’t believe that a small “cartel” of immigration staff had succeeded in getting rid of Tichina Rickfield. When she appeared as a witness in the ongoing trial of the board secretary, Sharon Roulstone said there was considerable animosity between Rickfield and her […]
Case against immigration secretary halved
(CNS): The criminal case against Tichina Rickfield for altering the immigration database without authority was cut in half Friday, even before the defendant responded to the allegations, when the judge directed the jury to enter not guilty pleas in connection with eight of the sixteen charges. Crown prosecutor Toyin Salaka conceded that the crown had […]
Former WP board chair describes overwhelming backlog
(CNS): The day-to-day realities of trying to deal with the massive backlog of work permit applications when he was appointed board chair in 2009 were revealed by Lemuel Hurlston Thursday in Grand Court. Giving evidence in the trial of Tichina Rickfield, who is accused of deliberately altering the immigration database to overturn some of the […]
