Source document
The Immigration (Amendment) (No. 2) Law, 2006 (Law 35 of 2006)
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What the document holds
Cayman Immigration (Amendment) (No. 2) Law 2006 (Law 35 of 2006): broad amendment of the Immigration Law (definitions, boards, Caymanian status, permanent residence, spouses, work permits, business staffing plans, term limits, offences, proceeds of crime). In scope: new ss. 33-36 replacing the Retirees' certificate with the Residency Certificate for Persons of Independent Means (two events recorded earlier) and s. 29 excluding holders from the 8-year permanent-residence route. This pass added 6 rules: minimum age 18, 25-year validity, 3-month survivor application, dependent children to 24, 30 days a year presence, exclusion from the 8-year route. Amounts (income, real estate, other investment) are prescribed by regulations, not printed here. Out of scope: other immigration categories, fines, business staffing plans.
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Rules and prices (6)
- Deadline for a surviving spouse or dependant to applysurviving or former spouse whose dependant right is revoked may apply for a certificate3 monthsSince 21 Dec 2006 · Cayman Gazette 2006Cayman Islands · 25-year residency, independent means
- Minimum ageapplicant for a Residency Certificate for Persons of Independent Means18 yearsSince 21 Dec 2006 · Cayman Gazette 2006Cayman Islands · 25-year residency, independent means
- Maximum age of a dependent childdependent child: right ends at 24 or on completing full-time tertiary education, whichever is earlier24 yearsSince 21 Dec 2006 · Cayman Gazette 2006Cayman Islands · 25-year residency, independent means
- Residence permit validityResidency Certificate for Persons of Independent Means, without the right to work, renewable at the Chief Immigration Officer's discretion25 yearsSince 21 Dec 2006 · Cayman Gazette 2006Cayman Islands · 25-year residency, independent means
- Required physical presenceholder (revocation ground if not met)30 days per calendar yearSince 21 Dec 2006 · Cayman Gazette 2006Cayman Islands · 25-year residency, independent means
- Time before eligible for permanent residenceholder of a Residency Certificate for Persons of Independent Means (or for Retirees): excluded from the 8-year legal and ordinary residence route to permanent residenceSince 21 Dec 2006 · Cayman Gazette 2006Cayman Islands · 25-year residency, independent means
Timeline (2)
- Retirees' certificate becomes the Residency Certificate for Persons of Independent Means; minimum age 55 dropped21 Dec 2006Rule changeCayman Islands · 25-year residency, independent means
- Cayman 25-year residential certificate for persons of independent means available from 1 January 20041 Jan 2004LaunchCayman Islands · 25-year residency, independent means
About the document
What it covers Replaces section 33 (Residential Certificate for Retirees) with the Residency Certificate for Persons of Independent Means, repeals the Residential Certificate for Entrepreneurs and Investors (ss. 35-36); passed 20 December 2006, assented 21 December 2006.
Notes Refers to certificates under s. 33 'granted between 1st January, 2004 and the commencement of the new Law'; its own commencement date is not stated in the text.
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