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Come Monday, October 10 expats entering the British Virgin Islands will have the opportunity to complete their medical clearance checks on any given work day. ...

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Governor Mr. Boyd McCleary presented six new citizens with Certificates of British Citizenship at a ceremony held yesterday at Government House. The new citizens ...

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British citizens advised of changes to o...

The Governor’s Office would like to advise British nationals resident in the British Virgin Islands that there will be some changes to British passport ...

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DR man smuggled into BVI caught and depo...

A national of the Dominican Republic had his stay in the Virgin Islands cut short before being nabbed by Police and Immigration Officers just last week. Reports are ...

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Cabinet appoints new Board of Immigratio...

Cabinet has approved the re-appointment of Michael Anthony as chairman and member of the Board of Immigration, along with six other members effective May 1, 2011 ...

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The public is reminded that visa applications for holders of Virgin Islands Passports must be submitted at least two weeks in advance of the date of travel. In order ...

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Premier and Minister for Immigration  Ralph   O’Neal presented certificates of belonger status to 46 people during a  ceremony hosted by the Department of ...

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Thirty-eight persons received certificates of naturalisation as  British Overseas Territory Citizens and five were registered as British Citizens at a ...

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Guyana born Desmond Alphonso will be deported on Sunday. Governor McClary issued the deportation order earlier today and the authorities already have Alphonso in ...

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Premier and Minister of Immigration, Ralph T. O’Neal says he intends to propose retaining the current chairman of the immigration board at the next cabinet ...

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64 receive certificates of residence

Sixty-four persons from 14 countries were honored with certificates of residence in the British Virgin Islands in a brief ceremony at the Road Town Methodist Church ...

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Government’s border protection officers continue to engage in integrated training to further strengthen and improve border management and protection in the ...

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The BVI Health Services Authority wishes to advise the public that the Immigration Clinic has moved to Thursdays for the next two weeks which includes, Thursday, ...

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Eleven officers from the Department of Immigration are now recharged with new information about their duties following a three-day enforcement training. In a ...

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Premier Ralph O’Neal says he does not of any plans to withdraw the BVI passport and replace it with the British passport. He was responding to a caller to the ...

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A third cohort of police and customs officers in Caribbean United Kingdom Overseas Territories is participating in a three-and-a-half week maritime and law ...

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A Consular officer from the U.S. Embassy in Barbados will visit Tortola May 4-5, 2011 to provide American Citizen Services, and to accept applications for U.S. ...

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As we approach the hurricane season, the Governor’s Office on behalf of the Consular Directorate of the United Kingdom’s (UK) Foreign and Commonwealth Office ...

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The Civil Registry and Passport Office is informing the public that effective April 1, 2011 the application forms for British Passports for both adults (C1) and ...

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The U.S. Embassy to the Eastern Caribbean reminds all Eastern Caribbean citizens and residents to use caution when working with private entities to apply for visas ...

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Premier announces new stringent migratio...

Premier Ralph T. O’Neal announced some new stringent policy implementation geared at curbing the current migration trend by Caribbean nationals to the territory. ...

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3 more illegal immigrants repatriated

Thursday, January 27 – Chief Immigration Officer Mr. Dennis Jennings has confirmed that two Haitian nationals and one citizen of the Commonwealth of Dominica were ...

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‘Customs Week’ 2011 affirms ...

Wednesday, January 26 – Her Majesty’s Customs is affirming its commitment to unity during Customs Week 2011, which is being held from January 23 – 29 under ...

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Immigration officers leaking information...

Chief Immigration Officer Dennis Jennings said it is very challenging to locate persons who overstayed in the territory because “it was seemingly ...

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Haitian migrants sent home – immigrati...

Chief Immigration Officer Mr. Dennis Jennings has confirmed that 14 of the 25 illegal Haitian migrants were recently repatriated to their country of origin. The ...

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Talk Show host reiterates call of “com...

Calls for compassion and on the illegal Haitian immigrants currently housed at the Immigration Detention Center at Balsam Ghut, voiced by two religious ministers, ...

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Haitian human smuggler slapped with eigh...

Roro Edurne, the Haitian national charged in the illegal Haitian immigration catastrophe was slapped with eight counts of manslaughter when he appeared before the ...

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Another religious minister lobbies for i...

Another Minister of religion is calling on the government to have some compassion on the 25 illegal Haitian migrants currently housed at the Immigration detention ...

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Anglican Father calls on local authoriti...

Father Ronald Branche of the St Georges Anglican Episcopal Church is calling on the authorities in the BVI to be the voice of the voiceless and to have compassion on ...

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Five more children believed missing in i...

Reports reaching BVI News suggests that about five more children are missing from the group of Haitian illegal immigrants whose boat ran aground at Brandywine Bay ...

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Haitian illegal migration to BVI a small...

The rising number of illegal Haitian immigrants entering the British Virgin Islands over the past years is a small part of the global trend of mass migration by the ...

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‘Haitian illegal immigrants’...

It is with great sadness that we confirm that eight people, including children and babies, have perished in the tragic boat incident in the early hours of Monday ...

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UPDATE: Two more bodies found in illegal...

Virgin Island Search and Rescue (VISR), has recovered two more bodies, a child and an adult, believed to be linked to the illegal Haitian immigration catastrophe ...

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Immigration Dept. successfully repatriat...

Wednesday, September 29 – Acting Chief Immigration Officer Mr. Guy-Michel Hill confirmed that the Immigration Department has successfully repatriated 11 Cuban ...

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JAMAICA’S Honorary Consul to the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Allan Hutchinson believes his country has been too slow in reciprocating the visa requirement ...

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Monday, May 10 (GIS) – Peace and tranquillity were key words echoed by Premier Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal, OBE as he addressed the newest recipients of belonger ...

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