Eight migrants recently escaped detention, but three had been recaptured as of March 14, according to a press release that day from the Immigration Department. Chief Immigration Officer Ian Penn …
March 21, 2022
July 1, 2021
Customs and Immigration chiefs appear before Commission of Inquiry
Customs Commissioner Wade Smith and Chief Immigration Officer Ian Penn, the heads of the territory’s two biggest border enforcement agencies, sat before the Commission of Inquiry on June 23 and …
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July 17, 2020
Jobless expats asked to leave
Government is instructing expatriates who are unemployed due to the Covid-19 pandemic to return to their home countries as soon as possible unless they have the requisite permission to seek …
March 27, 2020
Layoffs loom after border closure
The sudden shutdown of the tourism industry and other businesses in the Virgin Islands due to the coronavirus pandemic — coupled with global economic concerns — is leaving employees with …
