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In an effort to get as many people as possible counted for Census 2016 before Friday’s deadline, Census teams are targeting certain neighbourhoods around Bermuda. All residents of all nationalities are required to complete a Census questionnaire. R...

The OBA will not be introducing a commercial immigration plan to the island, according to Senator Michael Fahy. In 2013, the Government said it was considering a scheme which would allow individuals to gain some residential and citizenship rights in ...

Applications made by three out of the four Uighurs living in Bermuda for naturalisation are being reviewed by the British Government, MPs heard yesterday. Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister for Home Affairs, provided the update in response to ques...

Blame for “untenable” travel obstacles that have held up an undisclosed number of Bermudian travellers bound for the United States has been laid on the UK passport office. Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister of Home Affairs, told Parliament that He...

Certain holders of Bermuda passports have been told by authorities in a variety of countries that a visa is required for them to enter the United States, according to the Department of Immigration. Officials are now in talks with the Passport Office ...

People must now sign their passports after they are issued, Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has announced. The “Sign After Receipt” system should eventually eliminate the need for passport customers to send their paper forms and printed photographs in suppor...

The Incentives for Job Makers Act, approved in 2013, has been subjected to misuse, according to the Progressive Labour Party. The legislation was aimed at easing the procedure for key employers to obtain a Permanent Resident’s Certificate, in return ...

No political expertise is required to be deeply concerned about the new American administration under Donald Trump, who continues to baffle experts as to what pattern is forming. It has resulted in the word “dictatorial” cropping up when it comes to ...

Prospective guest workers in certain categories must satisfy minimum qualifications before a work permit application will be considered, according to home affairs minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin. The qualifications apply to welders, automotive servi...

Almost 30 jobs held by guest workers at churches across Bermuda did not have to be advertised, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The Department of Immigration had granted waivers or automatic exemptions for 27 positions at eight places of worship, includ...

The Reverend Nicholas Tweed and the Council of AME Churches have applied for judicial review in respect of both the pastor’s work permit as well as his right to reside in Bermuda. According to their lawyer, Delroy Duncan of Trott and Duncan, the cour...

Dear Sir, Now that the “Tweed Saga” is winding down, permit me some observations on it and some related issues. The first is the dangerous precedent that has now been set regarding how churches are pastored in this country. For those denominations t...