Source document
The Immigration Regulations, 2004
Has everything in it been taken?
CompleteReviewed 11 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
Cayman Immigration Regulations 2004 (in effect 18 May 2004): work permits, business staffing plans, financial standing for the Residential Certificate for Retirees (reg 14, recorded earlier with its fees) and for Entrepreneurs and Investors (reg 15), fee schedule, points system for permanent residence, forms. This pass added 12 rules: Entrepreneurs and Investors net worth (CI$1,000,000 / CI$500,000), annual income (CI$150,000 / CI$75,000), business investment (CI$500,000 / CI$250,000) with ten Caymanian employees, fees 250 and 15,000, 25-year validity in Form 6; and the Retirees' 25-year validity in Form 3. Out of scope: work-permit and other fees, port fees, the points system for the 8-year permanent-residence route (maximum financial points for property or business investment of CI$500,000, not an investor route), fines.
What it supports
7 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Rules and prices (7)
- Investment including propertymain applicant residing in Cayman Brac or Little Cayman: total local investment, of which at least CI$125,000 in developed residential real estateKYD 250,000Since 18 May 2004 · Cayman Gazette 2004Cayman Islands · 25-year residency, independent means
- Investment including propertymain applicant residing in Grand Cayman: total local investment, of which at least CI$250,000 in developed real estateKYD 750,000Since 18 May 2004 · Cayman Gazette 2004Cayman Islands · 25-year residency, independent means
- Application feeapplication for a Residential Certificate for RetireesKYD 250Since 18 May 2004 · Cayman Gazette 2004Cayman Islands · 25-year residency, independent means
- Certificate feegrant of a Residential Certificate for RetireesKYD 15,000Since 18 May 2004 · Cayman Gazette 2004Cayman Islands · 25-year residency, independent means
- Residence permit validityResidential Certificate for Retirees (certificate form), renewable25 yearsSince 18 May 2004 · Cayman Gazette 2004Cayman Islands · 25-year residency, independent means
- Minimum income requiredmain applicant residing in Cayman Brac or Little Cayman (Residential Certificate for Retirees)75,000 KYD per yearSince 18 May 2004 · Cayman Gazette 2004Cayman Islands · 25-year residency, independent means
- Minimum income requiredmain applicant residing in Grand Cayman (Residential Certificate for Retirees)150,000 KYD per yearSince 18 May 2004 · Cayman Gazette 2004Cayman Islands · 25-year residency, independent means
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About the document
What it covers Financial standing for the Residential Certificate for Retirees (reg 14) and for Entrepreneurs and Investors (reg 15); fees (First Schedule, in CI$). In effect from 18 May 2004.
Notes Original regulations under the Immigration Law, 2003.
Source id cym-imm-regs-2004 · accessed 10 Oct 2026