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Immigration and Passport Amendment Act

May 2, 2025

HOA ‘tidies’ up immigration law

After returning from a closed-door committee session last Thursday, House of Assembly members passed a bill designed to clarify the path to belongership and correct the “unintended ramifications” of an …

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by Allison Vaughn
October 3, 2024

COI reforms off gov’t desk, premier says

After the House of Assembly passed the last of five bills to reform statutory bodies last Thursday, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley boasted this week that his government has completed …

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by Allison Vaughn
May 30, 2024

Immigration bill passes with amendments

The Immigration and Passport Amendment Bill, 2024, passed with amendments on Friday after the House of Assembly returned from a closed-door committee session, according to HOA Public Relations Officer Linton …

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by Allison Vaughn
May 24, 2024

HOA debates 20-year path to belongership

A 20-year residence requirement for belongership applicants is among the broad-ranging immigration reforms proposed under a bill currently under consideration in the House of Assembly. The Immigration and Passport Amendment …

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by Allison Vaughn
October 23, 2023

Residents weigh in on belongership

During a series of public meetings held over several days, residents got a chance to weigh in on potential government plans to create an immigration policy, amend the Immigration and …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 3, 2021

Crackdown coming on illegal entry

Covid-19 continues to plague communities around the world, which government leaders said last week was a main motivator for passing harsher border-control legislation that could lead to a 10-year prison …

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by Dana Kampa
August 10, 2020

Stamp Act, six other bills become law

The House of Assembly has been busy passing more than a dozen bills in a recent marathon of sittings. Seven of them, which were Gazetted on July 28, have now …

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by Dana Kampa
June 24, 2020

House passes border control measures

New border control measures aimed at giving the Virgin Islands more information about who is coming to the territory before they arrive passed the House of Assembly on June 16. …

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by Dana Kampa

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