Gazette amending-2025-0014A — Immigration Law

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amending-2025-0014A

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Section 1

Supplement No. 2 published with Legislation Gazette No. 54 dated 18th December, 2025. —

s1Changes the short title from 'Immigration (Transition)' to 'Caymanian Protection'.

Section 2

Supplement No. 2 published with Legislation Gazette No. 54 dated 18th December, 2025. —

s2Amends interpretation provisions by renumbering section 2, substituting definitions for 'term limit' and 'worker', and inserting new definitions such as 'civil servant' and 'commercial farmhand'.

Section 8A

Supplement No. 2 published with Legislation Gazette No. 54 dated 18th December, 2025. —

s8AInserts new section 8A providing for the sharing of information with WORC or a Board from specified entities for processing applications and other functions.

Section 11

Supplement No. 2 published with Legislation Gazette No. 54 dated 18th December, 2025. —

s11Amends section 11(6)(b) to include 'and Commercial Farmhands' in the list.

Section 13

Supplement No. 2 published with Legislation Gazette No. 54 dated 18th December, 2025. —

s13Amends section 13(3)(a)(ii) to include 'and Commercial Farmhands'.

Section 20

Supplement No. 2 published with Legislation Gazette No. 54 dated 18th December, 2025. —

s20Amends section 20 by repealing paragraph (a) of subsection (2), substituting subsection (3) regarding appeals, and amending subsection (4).

Section 21

Supplement No. 2 published with Legislation Gazette No. 54 dated 18th December, 2025. —

s21Amends section 21(1) by deleting and substituting words to include additional sections for appeals from decisions of Boards and Director of WORC.

Section 26

Supplement No. 2 published with Legislation Gazette No. 54 dated 18th December, 2025. —

s26Amends section 26 by inserting new paragraph (ca) for Caymanian by grant of Director of WORC, amending subsection (2), and inserting subsections (2A) and (2B) for formal confirmation of Caymanian status.

Section 28

Supplement No. 2 published with Legislation Gazette No. 54 dated 18th December, 2025. —

s28Amends section 28 by increasing required residency years from fifteen to twenty, repealing and substituting paragraphs (a) and (e) of subsection (5), and inserting new subsections (6A) and (6B) for annual declarations.

Section 29

Supplement No. 2 published with Legislation Gazette No. 54 dated 18th December, 2025. —

s29Amends section 29 by renumbering it and inserting new subsections (2) to (5) for applications by persons Caymanian by entitlement who are under eighteen years old.