(1) An alien or an attorney-at-law on behalf of an alien may make an application to the Board for a certificate with a duration period of one year or 10 years.
(2) An application under subsection (1) must —
(a) be in the prescribed form;
(b) provide particulars of the land that the alien owns, acquired or leases in Saint Lucia at the time of making an application by virtue of a valid licence issued under the former Act or an alien landholding licence;
(c) be accompanied by —
(i) a police certificate of good character or its equivalent from his or her country of domicile and, if not the same, his or her country of nationality,
(ii) a certified copy of the passport bio-data page of the alien,
(iii) a bank reference letter,
(iv) a birth certificate or birth record of the alien;
(v) in the case of an alien that is a company —
(A) the incorporation or registration documents of the company;
(B) a Certificate of Good Standing or its equivalent from the country the company was incorporated or registered;
(C) the filed corporate documents of that company, including its notice of directors, beneficial owners and shareholders;
(D) the prescribed notice of directors, beneficial owners and shareholders;
(E) the supporting documents specified under paragraph (c)(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) for each director, beneficial owner or shareholder,
(vi) the prescribed non-refundable application fee;
(vii) any other information required by the Unit or the Board.
(3) An application made under subsection (1) must be completed in the English language and the supporting documents submitted with the application must be in the English language or an authenticated translation in the English language.
(4) The information submitted with an application under subsection (1) must be verified by a statutory declaration.
(5) If an alien is able to identify the land that he or she intends to purchase, acquire or lease at the time of applying for a certificate, that alien may, at the same time of applying for a certificate, submit an application for an alien landholding licence under section 15.