(1) The Minister responsible for home affairs may provide victims of trafficking and accompanying dependent children with appropriate visas or other required authorization to permit the victims and dependent children to remain in Saint Lucia for the duration of the criminal prosecution against the traffickers, provided that the victim is willing to comply with reasonable requests, if any, to assist in the investigation or prosecution of the traffickers.
(2) Victims of trafficking may be eligible for residence in Saint Lucia in the manner prescribed in the law related to immigration, provided the victims have complied with reasonable requests, if any, for assistance in the investigation or prosecution of acts of trafficking.
(3) Dependent children accompanying the victim are eligible for resident status in Saint Lucia in the manner prescribed in the said Act.
(4) A victim's spouse and children, and in the case of a child victim, the parents or guardian, and the victim's siblings, may be eligible to join the victim in Saint Lucia as part of the victim's application for residence under this section.