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Policies on work permits and Permanent Resident Certificates will be reviewed by the Government, new labour minister Jason Hayward said today. Mr Hayward pledged that work on immigration reform started under his predecessor Wayne Caines, including th...

Suggestions that a blanket denial of work permit renewals is in force are wrong, the Premier has said. David Burt emphasised the island’s work permit policy was unchanged, and that Jason Hayward, the new Minister of Labour, would speak about procedur...

The following is an edited version of the speech delivered during the motion to adjourn in the virtual House of Assembly on June 5, 2020 The Premier announced last evening that Bermuda should be moving to Phase 3 on June 11. This news will be welcome...

A Bermudian student who was stranded in Canada said yesterday that news he would be able to return home was a huge relief. Marcus O’Leary-Christopher said: “When I learnt I would be able to get on this flight, I was a little relieved as it means I wo...

Dear Sir, Immigration is a joke for some families. Our family have spent 38 years at the St Mary’s Church in Warwick. We have all our documents in order and we just get refused status, as they were deemed Bermudian until they were 22 years. Our MP ha...

A Portuguese national who has lived in Bermuda for more than 20 years has lost a legal fight for naturalisation. Marco Tavares asked the Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the Immigration Appeal Tribunal to deny him residency rights in Bermuda. ...

The Department of Immigration will resume some services tomorrow as Government offices begin to reopen. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said the Department will begin to accept applications for emergency passports sought for medical ...

The Department of Immigration has restarted work on applications with a reduced workforce, it was announced yesterday. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said the department would process existing applications and emergency passports. M...

Bermuda ranked fifth among 35 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development for the percentage of the population that held a university degree four years ago, new figures have revealed. The Population and Housing Census Educa...

Dear Sir, This may be of some comfort to all young Bermudians who want to obtain their status. My triplet grandsons were Bermudian until their 22nd birthday. They could not be born here, as they were high-risk. They weighed between 1.5lb and 2.5lb ...

Immigration legislation to tackle the problem of mixed-status families and to give status to children born overseas to Bermudian parents was approved yesterday. The measures were passed with support from both sides of the House of Assembly — but Oppo...

Immigration legislation to be debated next week is only the first step, a town hall meeting was told last night. Colin Anderson, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of National Security, told an audience of about 30 people that the Bill was focus...