Tag: status grants
Bush calls for new expats to ‘integrate or evacuate’
(CNS): Former Cayman Islands premier McKeeva Bush has said there is a growing “trend of people coming to our shores and want nothing to do with many native Caymanians”. During a press conference on Wednesday to launch a new political non-profit organisation, he called on these new arrivals to “integrate or evacuate”. The veteran MP […]
Number of work permit holders exceeds 36,000
(CNS): There are currently 36,049 work permit holders in the Cayman Islands, another new record that is nevertheless increasing every day by around 12 new arrivals. The latest statistics released by Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC) on Friday show that the number of expatriate workers has increased by almost 1,900 since February.
Cabinet makes developer and rum-cake owner Caymanians
(CNS): The premier has announced Monique Hamaty-Simmonds, owner of Tortuga Rum Cake Company, and property developer Fraser Wellon have been awarded Caymanian status by the Cabinet. Announcing the grants as the Legislative Assembly met on Wednesday to begin ploughing through the raft of business on the agenda, Premier Alden McLaughlin said that a motion would […]
McLean calls for end to status grants
(CNS): The member for East End has called on government to end Caymanian status grants for foreigners living and working here with the exception of spouses and those entitled to status due to their heritage. During his contribution to the budget debate Monday, Arden McLean said too many people had already been given Caymanian status […]
Over 10,700 status grants awarded since 2001
(CNS): Over the last fifteen years Caymanian status has been granted to 10,768 people under the immigration law or by Cabinet. The mass status grants in 2003, given to more than 3,370 people because of pressure from the UK to regularize people who had been here for many years without rights, is still regarded as controversial but every year since then […]
