Source document
The Immigration (Amendment) Law, 2010 (Law 15 of 2010)
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What the document holds
Cayman Immigration (Amendment) Law 2010 (Law 15 of 2010, 8 pp.): creates the Certificate of Direct Investment (new ss. 37A-37B): net worth and investment in prescribed amounts in a licensed employment-generating business, 6-month approval in principle, 25-year certificate, reporting at years 2 and 5, 90 days a year presence, dependants' certificates, revocation grounds; amends s. 30 to list CDI holders. Launch event, 25-year validity and 90-day presence recorded earlier; this pass added 4 rules (6-month approval-in-principle deadline, 50% Caymanian employees, dependent children to age 24, 3-month survivor application). Amounts are prescribed by regulations (cym-imm-amend2-regs-2010).
What it supports
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Rules and prices (6)
- Deadline for a surviving spouse or dependant to applysurviving or divorced spouse whose dependant right is revoked may apply for a Certificate of Direct Investment3 monthsSince 13 May 2010 · Cayman Gazette 2010Cayman Islands · Certificate of Direct Investment
- Deadline to make the investmentApproval-in-Principle Certificate: investment and licences must be completed before it expires6 monthsSince 13 May 2010 · Cayman Gazette 2010Cayman Islands · Certificate of Direct Investment
- Maximum age of a dependent childdependent child of the holder: right ends at 24 or on completing full-time tertiary education, whichever is earlier (unless special circumstances)24 yearsSince 13 May 2010 · Cayman Gazette 2010Cayman Islands · Certificate of Direct Investment
- Residence permit validityCertificate of Direct Investment, renewable at the Chief Immigration Officer's discretion25 yearsSince 13 May 2010 · Cayman Gazette 2010Cayman Islands · Certificate of Direct Investment
- Required physical presenceholder (declaration with each fee payment; revocation ground under s. 37B(d))90 days per calendar yearSince 13 May 2010 · Cayman Gazette 2010Cayman Islands · Certificate of Direct Investment
- Minimum share of local employees"employment generating business" in which the investment is made (lower percentage if overriding circumstances dictate)50 percent of employees CaymanianSince 13 May 2010 · Cayman Gazette 2010Cayman Islands · Certificate of Direct Investment
About the document
What it covers Inserts sections 37A and 37B (Certificate of Direct Investment) into the Immigration Law (2009 Revision); passed 28 April 2010, assented 7 May 2010, published 13 May 2010.
Notes Gazette copy hosted by the Cayman Islands Law School. No commencement clause in the text; the publication date is used as the start.
Source id cym-imm-amend-law-2010 · accessed 10 Oct 2026