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Forefront
Immigration overhaul on the Way – Details Revealed
Sweeping immigration reforms are coming — and Compass Media has the exclusive on the details. What does a 22-year path to Caymanian status mean for the workforce, the economy — and the future of this country?
Caymanian employment and Immigration Minister Hon. Michael Myles outlines the biggest overhaul to immigration in more than a decade. From major changes to permanent residency and naturalisation time lines, to a crackdown on marriages of convenience — nothing is off the table.
He also reveals the government’s strategy to bring Caymanian unemployment close to zero, including a national workforce development plan, tighter enforcement on work permit misuse, and new controls on job mobility for permit holders.
With proposed revised legislation expected to go to Parliament by September, Forefront is the first place the Minister lays it all out.
With proposed revised legislation expected to go to Parliament by September, Forefront is the first place the Minister lays it all out.
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Cayman Compass
Reduced voting hours recommended by domestic election observers
A report issued by the domestic observers of April’s general election has recommended that the time polling stations are open should be reduced by three hours, from the present 6pm closing time to 3pm.
The change would reduce voting time from 11 hours to eight hours.
“This adjustment would allow for earlier commencement of the counting process and help reduce the workload and stress on election officers,” the report stated.
It added that polling station officials showed “visible signs of exhaustion” during the count and that some had worked almost 24 hours straight.
