Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

Schedule 2

DOMESTIC SPACE COUNTRIES

Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados

Dominica

Grenada

Guyana

Jamaica

St. Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

CHAPTER 10.01
IMMIGRATION ACT

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

List of Subsidiary Legislation

Immigration Regulations – Section 39

(Statutory Instrument 44/1954)

Statutory Instrument 44/1954 .. in force 20 November 1954

Amended by S.I. 6/2007 .. in force 19 February 2007

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS – SECTION 39

Commencement [20 November 1954]

1.   Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration Regulations.

2.   Interpretation

In these Regulations —

“regulation” means a regulation of these Regulations;

“Schedule” means the Schedule of these Regulations;

“section” means a section of these Regulations;

“the Act” means the Immigration Act.

3.   Immigrant not prohibited immigrant where bona fide employment in Saint Lucia awaits him

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   (1)   Where bona fide employment in Saint Lucia is awaiting an immigrant, he or she shall not be considered by an immigration officer to be a person who is, under section 4(1)(a), likely if he or she entered Saint Lucia to become a charge on public funds.

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   (2)   For the purposes of determining whether there is bona fide employment within the meaning of this regulation, the immigration officer may require evidence as to the nature and period of the employment, the rate of wages which the prospective employer proposes to pay, and the ability of such employer to carry out his or her undertaking to employ the immigrant.

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   (3)   Nothing in this regulation shall be construed as affecting the powers of an immigration officer under sections 12 and 14, and where an immigration officer exercises his or her powers under section 12 or section 14 with respect to an immigrant entering Saint Lucia for purposes of employment, he or she may, if he or she thinks fit, require the prospective employer in Saint Lucia of the immigrant to furnish the prescribed security under regulation 9 to repatriate the immigrant if the employment is terminated within 2 years from the date on which the immigrant entered Saint Lucia.

4.   Duty of immigration officer where he or she decides that an immigrant is a prohibited immigrant or where an order is made for the removal of an immigrant from Saint Lucia

Where an immigration officer decides that an immigrant is a prohibited immigrant, or where an order is made under section 29 of the Act for the removal of an immigrant from Saint Lucia, the immigration officer shall forthwith transmit to the Chief Immigration Officer all documents and information in his or her possession relating to the said decision or order, or incidental thereto or connected therewith.

5.   Furnishing returns

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   (1)   Every immigration officer shall within 7 days after the end of every month, furnish, in respect of the performance of his or her duties as such, a report to the Chief Immigration Officer.

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   (2)   Every immigration officer shall, whenever required by the Chief Immigration Officer so to do, furnish him or her with such information in respect of the performance of the duties of the immigration officer, as may be required.

6.   Ports of entry under section 8

The following are ports of entry under section 8 of the Act —

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   (a)     the ports of Castries and Vieux-Fort;

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   (b)     the airfield at Vigie in the Quarter of Castries and the airfield at Beane Field in the Quarter of Vieux-Fort.

7.   Examination of immigrants and declaration under section 9

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   (1)   The investigation and the examination of person sunder section 9 of the Act shall be conducted on the vessel (if any) by which such persons arrived, or, at any other place convenient for the purpose as the immigration officer may direct.

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   (2)   The declaration under subregulation (1)(a) of section 9 of the Act shall be in Form No. 1 in the Schedule.

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   (3)   Where an immigration officer requires an immigrant to make and sign such a declaration —

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      (a)     the immigration officer shall, in case of doubt, satisfy himself or herself that the immigrant is of sufficient intelligence to understand the declaration;

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      (b)     the immigration officer may, in any case, put questions to the immigrant in relation to the answers given or required to be given by the immigrant in the declaration and shall fill up the declaration accordingly;

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      (c)     the immigration officer shall, where the immigrant is unable to fill up the declaration, question the immigrant, through an interpreter if necessary, and shall himself or herself fill up the declaration, or cause the same to be filled up.

8.   Medical examination of immigrants

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   (1)   A Government Medical Officer from time to time appointed by the Minister for the purpose shall, when necessary and required, be present at the examination of persons entering or seeking to enter Saint Lucia, and shall indicate to the immigration officer any person who ought, in the opinion of such medical officer, to be medically examined.

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   (2)   The immigration officer may require such medical officer, to make a medical examination —

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      (a)     of any such person; and

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      (b)     of any other person entering or found within Saint Lucia who is required under the Act or these Regulations to submit to such medical examination.

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   (3)   The medical examination of any person entering or seeking to enter or found in Saint Lucia shall take place at such place as may be convenient, and as soon as possible after the arrival of such person in Saint Lucia or after such person is found; and the immigration officer shall be furnished with a report as to the result of such examination.

9.   Prescribed security

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   (1)   Whenever security has to be furnished by an immigrant such security shall be —

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      (a)     by way of a deposit with the Accountant General or with an immigration officer for an on behalf of the Accountant General of the appropriate amount of money; or

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      (b)     with the approval of the Minister, by way of a security bond in the appropriate amount of money with one or more sureties, and in a form approved by the Accountant General.

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   (2)   Except in any case specially directed by the Chief Immigration Officer, the appropriate amount under subregulation (1) of this regulation shall be —

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      (a)     the sum of $96, if the immigrant belongs to one of the British West Indian Colonies (other than Jamaica or any of its dependencies or to British Guiana), and the sum of $200 if the immigrant belongs to Jamaica or any of its dependencies or to British Guiana;

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      (b)     the sum of $300 if the immigrant belongs to a place situate in North America, Central America, South America (other than British Guiana), or to any of the islands in the North Atlantic Ocean (other than the British West Indian Colonies);

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      (c)     the sum of $500 if the immigrant belongs to any other place,

and where any question arises as to the place to which an immigrant belongs it shall be referred to the Minister whose decision shall be final.

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   (3)   Where the prescribed security is furnished by way of a deposit of money, the amount of such deposit shall be refunded —

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      (a)     where the conditions on which the permit to which the deposit relates is granted, are duly observed, fulfilled and performed, and the person to whom the permit relates departs from Saint Lucia before the expiration of the period for which the permit is granted; or

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      (b)     where the Minister so directs,

and not otherwise.

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   (4)   The Minister, or the Chief Immigration Officer, may, in any particular case, exempt an immigrant from furnishing the prescribed security under this regulation.

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   (5)   In this regulation the expression “British West Indian Colonies” means Jamaica (including its dependencies), Trinidad and Tobago, the Windward Islands, the Leeward Islands and Barbados.

10.   Manner of removing of immigrant from Saint Lucia where order made under section 16(1)(a) or (b) of the act

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   (1)   Where an order is made under section (1)(a) of the Act, the immigrant to whom the order relates shall be removed from Saint Lucia —

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      (a)     by the master (on the order being produced to him or her) of the vessel in which the immigrant arrived in Saint Lucia, and in that vessel; or

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      (b)     on the application of the owner or agent of that vessel and with the consent of an immigration officer, by such owner or agent in any other vessel.

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   (2)   Where an order is made under section 16(1)(b) of the Act, the immigrant to whom the order relates shall be removed from Saint Lucia —

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      (a)     by the master of the vessel in which he or she arrived in Saint Lucia, and in that vessel; or

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      (b)     by the master of any other vessel belonging to or chartered by the owner of the vessel referred to in paragraph (a) of this subregulation,

on the order being produced to the master and on his or her being requested by an immigration officer to remove the immigrant from Saint Lucia.

11.   Arrest and examination of suspected prohibited immigrant

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   (1)   Where an immigration officer has reasonable ground for suspecting that any person within Saint Lucia entered Saint Lucia after the commencement of the Act and is a prohibited immigrant he or she may apply to a Magistrate, if satisfied that the application should, having regard to the proviso to section 29(1) of the Act, be granted, shall issue a warrant of arrest accordingly.

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   (2)   The warrant of arrest may be executed by any member of the Police Force.

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   (3)   The immigrant shall, on his or her arrest, be brought and taken before the immigration officer.

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   (4)   The immigration officer shall thereupon examine the immigrant to ascertain whether he or she entered Saint Lucia after the immigrant and for the purpose of determining whether such immigrant is a prohibited immigrant the immigration officer may direct that the immigrant shall himself or herself to all or any of the following that is to say —

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      (a)     to a medical examination;

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      (b)     to having his or her photograph taken;

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      (c)     to having his or her fingerprints taken.

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   (5)   The immigration officer may cause the immigrant to be detained pending the completion of the inquiry under subregulation (4).

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   (6)   If on the completion of the inquiry the immigration officer decides that the immigrant entered Saint Lucia after the commencement of the Act and is a prohibited immigrant, the immigration officer shall make an application under section 29 of the Act for an order for the removal of the immigrant from Saint Lucia unless he or she is satisfied that such application would not be entertained.

12.   Notice under section 23

A notice under section 23 of the Act shall be in Form No. 2 in the Schedules.

13.   Appeal under section 28

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   (1)   A notice of appeal under section 28(1) of the Act shall be in Form No. 3 and a notice of appeal under section 28(2) shall be in Form No. 4 in the Schedule.

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   (2)   The immigration officer shall, if requested so to do by an immigrant to whom a notice under section 23 of the Act relates, supply to the immigrant for completion a compy of a notice of appeal in Form No. 3 or Form No. 4 in the Schedule, as the case may be.

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   (3)   Where an immigrant gives to an immigration officer notice of appeal under section 28(1) of the Act —

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      (a)     the immigration officer shall forthwith transmit the notice of appeal to the clerk of the nearest Magistrate's Court and a copy thereof to the Chief Immigration Officer; and

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      (b)     the immigration officer shall inform the Chief Immigration Officer, where the immigrant is detained in custody, of the place where he or she is detained.

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   (4)   The Chief Immigration Officer shall, forthwith after receiving a copy of a notice of appeal and the information under subregulation (3)(b) of this regulation notify the Magistrate having jurisdiction in the matter accordingly.

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   (5)   The Magistrate shall appoint a day, hour and place for the hearing of the appeal, and reasonable notice thereof shall be given in writing to the immigrant and to the immigration officer.

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   (6)   Where the immigrant is detained in custody, the immigration officer shall arrange for him or her, if he or she so desires, to be present at the hearing of the appeal.

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   (7)   The Magistrate may, on the application of the immigration officer or of the immigrant, summon witnesses to attend on the hearing of the appeal to give evidence and to produce documents, and the provisions of Part 9 of the Criminal Code shall mutatis mutandis apply in the same manner and to the same extent as if the hearing of the appeal were the hearing of a summary complaint under the Criminal Code.

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   (8)   At the hearing of an appeal to the Magistrate the immigration officer shall place, or cause to be placed before the Magistrate, a copy of the notice given to the appellant under section 23 of the Act, but he or she may, after sufficient notice to the appellant, reply on grounds not specified in the said notice.

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   (9)   After considering all the evidence in the matter, the Magistrate shall determine —

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      (a)     whether the appellant is a prohibited immigrant under the Act; and

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      (b)     if so, whether he or she is satisfied that the appellant has been exempted under the provisions of section 4(4) of the Act.

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   (10)   The Magistrate shall allow the appeal —

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      (a)     where he or she determines that the appellant is not a prohibited immigrant; or

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      (b)     where he or she is satisfied that the appellant has been exempted under the provisions of section 4(4) of the Act.

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   (11)   The Magistrate shall dismiss the appeal —

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      (a)     where he or she determines that the appellant is a prohibited immigrant; and

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      (b)     where he or she is not satisfied that the appellant has been exempted under the provisions of section 4(4) of the Act.

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   (12)   The Magistrate shall endorse his or her decision on the notice of appeal transmitted to him or her under subregulation (3)(a) of this regulation.

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   (13)   The immigration officer shall forthwith inform the Chief Immigration Officer of the decision of the Magistrate.

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   (14)   Where an immigrant gives to an immigration officer notice of appeal under section 28(2) of the Act, the immigration officer shall forthwith transmit the said notice of appeal to the Chief Immigration Officer.

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   (15)   Where an immigrant whose appeal under section 28(2) of the Act has been dismissed by a Magistrate does not within the required time give notice of appeal to the Supreme Court (Appellate Jurisdiction) or where the appeal of an immigrant to the Supreme Court (Appellate Jurisdiction) is dismissed, abandoned or struck out, an immigration officer shall take steps as may be required for the removal from Saint Lucia of the prohibited immigrant.

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   (16)   Where an appeal to the Magistrate or to the Supreme Court is allowed, the appellant shall, if detained in custody under the Act, be discharged from such custody.

14.   Duties of person in charge of persons detained in custody under the act

Any person employed by the Government to have custody and control of any person detained in custody under the Act shall carry out such duties as are assigned to him or her by the Chief Immigration Officer.

15.   Re-entry permit under section 38

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   (1)   An application for a re-entry permit under section 38 of the Act shall be made to an immigration officer in Form No. 5 in the Schedule.

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   (2)   The applicant for a re-entry permit shall produce to the immigration officer —

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      (a)     such evidence as the immigration officer may reasonably require in support of the statements in the application; and

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      (b)     two photographs of himself or herself of a size from time to time approved by the Chief Immigration Officer,

and shall pay to the immigration officer, in respect of the application and the permit, a fee of $1 which fee shall be paid by the immigration officer into the Treasury.

16.   Permits in respect of temporary immigrants

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   (1)   A permit which may be granted to an immigrant under section 12(1) of section 14 of the Act shall be in the Form No. 6 in the Schedule and subject to the conditions set out in the said Form and in regulation 17 and to the provisions of the Act. Every permit shall contain such particulars including fingerprints as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of identification.

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   (2)   A permit which may be granted to an immigrant under section 18 of the Act shall be in the Form No. 6A in the Schedule and subject to the conditions set out in the said Form and to the provisions of the Act. Every permit shall contain such particulars including fingerprints as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of identification.

17.   Deposit on security

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   (1)   Unless in any individual case the giving of security is considered unnecessary by the Minister or the Chief Immigration Officer the immigrant who applies for a permit under section 12(1) of the Act or who is granted a permit under section 14 of the Act shall be required to deposit the amount appropriate to his or her case or give a security bond for such amount as provided by regulation 9 hereof as a security for the observance by him or her of the conditions imposed under the permit. The deposit shall only be refused upon the fulfilment of such conditions and upon such person leaving Saint Lucia within the period for which the permit was granted, or upon the cancellation of the conditions by the Minister.

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   (2)   It shall be deemed to be a condition of every temporary permit that the holder shall report to the officers and at the periods and places specified in such permit, and, if the holder gives any false or misleading address, he or she shall be liable to forfeiture of his or her permit and of the deposit made or bond given by him or her on his or her behalf, and to be dealt with as a prohibited immigrant.

18.   Permit under section 12(1)

Notwithstanding the provisions of regulations 16(1) and 17 of these Regulations, a permit granted under section 12(1) of the Act to a passenger who requests such permit to land during the stay of a ship in the port shall be in the Form No. 6B in the Schedule and subject to the conditions set out in the said Form.

Schedule

FORM 1

(Regulation 7(2))

(Substituted by S.I. 6 of 2007)

FORM 2

(Regulation 12)

SAINT LUCIA

IMMIGRATION ACT

Notice under section 23 that an Immigrant is a prohibited immigrant

FORM 3

(Regulation 13(1))

IMMIGRATION ACT

Notice of Appeal under section 28(1)(a) to a Magistrate

FORM 4

(Regulation 13(1))

Notice of Appeal under section 28(2) to the Supreme Court (Appellate Jurisdiction)

FORM 5

(Regulation 13(1))

IMMIGRATION ACT

Application under section 38 for a re-entry Permit

FORM 6

(Regulation 16(1)

IMMIGRATION ACT

Permit granted under section 12(1) or 14

FORM 6A

(Regulation 16(2))

Permit granted under section 18

FORM 6B

(Regulation 18)

IMMIGRATION ACT

Permit granted under section 12(1) to passenger

Immigration (Consular Visa) Order – Section 7

(Statutory Instrument 5/1971)

Statutory Instrument 5/1971 .. in force 27 February 1971

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

IMMIGRATION (CONSULAR VISA) ORDER – SECTION 7

Commencement [27 February 1971]

1.   Citation

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Consular Visa) Order.

2.   British Consular visa on passport of foreign nationals

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   (1)   Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section the passport of a national of any foreign country shall not be accepted by an Immigration Officer unless it bears a visa of a British Consular or Passport Control Officer.

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   (2)   No visa shall be required from the following classes of persons:

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      (a)     Citizens of the United States;

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      (b)     Nationals of the following countries:

      Belgium	Italy	Spain
      Denmark	Liechtenstein	Sweden
      Finland	Luxembourg	Switzerland
      France	Netherlands	Tunisia
      Greece	Norway and Colonies	Turkey
      		Uruguay
      Iceland	San Marino	West Germany

Immigration (Passport Exemption) Order – Section 7

(Statutory Instrument 32/2002)

Statutory Instrument 32/2002 .. in force 6 April 2002

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

IMMIGRATION (PASSPORT EXEMPTION) ORDER – SECTION 7

Commencement [6 April 2002]

1.   Citation

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Passport Exemption) Order.

2.   Interpretation

In this Order “principal Act” means the Immigration Act.

3.   Passport exemption

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   (1)   A citizen of Saint Lucia is exempt from the provisions of section 6(1) of the Act which requires the possession of a passport by all persons entering Saint Lucia.

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   (2)   The following other persons are exempt from the provisions of section 7(1) of the Act, which requires the possession of a passport by all persons entering Saint Lucia —

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      (a)     citizens of an independent country which is a member State of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States if, under the laws of that country, reciprocal treatment would be given to a citizen of Saint Lucia;

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      (b)     citizens of an independent country which is a member State of the Caribbean Community by which is not a member State of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States if, under the laws of that country, reciprocal treatment would be given to a citizen of Saint Lucia;

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      (c)     persons who belong to Montserrat, Anguilla and British Virgin Islands and who are in possession of a valid return ticket;

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      (d)     citizens of the United Kingdom, United States of America, Republic of France, or of Canada who are visiting Saint Lucia for a period not exceeding 6 months and who are in possession of a valid ticket providing for their return to the United Kingdom, United States of America or Canada respectively;

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      (e)     passengers in transit by sea or air who do not intend to remain in Saint Lucia for more than 14 hours provided that they are in possession of a through ticket to some other destination;

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      (f)     officials of any of the following Organisations (hereinafter called “the Organisation) —

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         (i)     Caribbean Community,

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         (ii)     Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States,

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         (iii)     Organisation of American States,

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         (iv)     United Nations Organization,

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         (v)     Eastern Caribbean Central Bank,

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         (vi)     Association of Caribbean States,

who are visiting Saint Lucia on official business of the Organisation and who are in possession of an official travel document valid for travel to Saint Lucia and for the purpose of this paragraph “official travel document” means a travel document in the form issued by the Organisation to its officials for travel between member States of the Organisation.

4.   Declaration

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   (1)   A person who is exempt from the production of a passport by virtue of paragraph (a) or (b) of section 3(2) shall make and sign a declaration as prescribed in Form of the Schedule.

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   (2)   A person who is exempt from the production of a passport by virtue of paragraph (c), (d), (e) or (f) of section 3(2) shall make and sign a declaration as prescribed in Form 2 of the Schedule.

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   (3)   A person who is exempt by virtue of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of section 3(2) shall retain for the purpose of identification and shall produce when so required by an immigration officer or member of the police force, the copy of the declaration made pursuant to subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be, handed to him or her on arrival in Saint Lucia and which he or she shall deliver to an immigration officer, member of the police force or any other authorised person on his or her departure from Saint Lucia.

5.   Documents establishing identity etc.

It is hereby declared that for the purposes of the Act, persons who are exempt from the requirement of the possession of a passport by virtue of section 3(1), 3(2)(a) or 3(2)(b) may use any of the following documents in lieu of a passport, to land at a port in Saint Lucia —

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   (a)     a valid driver's licence issued in Saint Lucia or in a member State of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States or Caribbean Community with a photograph of the person to whom it relates affixed thereto;

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   (b)     a valid identification card issued in Saint Lucia or in a member State of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States or Caribbean Community for the purpose of voter identification, social security or national insurance with a photograph of the person to whom it relates affixed thereto.

Schedule

FORM 1

(Section 4(1))

DECLARATION UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ACT

(PASSPORT EXEMPTION) ORDER

FORM 2

(Section 4(2))

CITIZENS OF CANADA, UNITED KINGDOM, REPUBLIC OF FRANCE, MONTSERRAT, ANGUILLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS OR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OFFICIALS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

DECLARATION UNDER IMMIGRATION ACT

(PASSPORT EXEMPTION) ORDER

Immigration (Permit Fees) Regulations

(Statutory Instrument 117/2000)

Statutory Instrument 117/2000 .. in force 1 June 2000

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

IMMIGRATION (PERMIT FEES) REGULATIONS – SECTION 12

Commencement [1 June 2000]

1.   Citation

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Permit Fees) Regulations.

2.   Interpretation

In this Order “Act” means the Immigration Act.

3.   Fees

The fees for the issue of a permit under section 12 of the Act are as set out in the Schedule.

Schedule

(Regulation 3)

FEES

Immigration (Visa) Order – Section 7

(Statutory Instruments 33/2006 and 12/2007)

Statutory Instrument 33/2006 .. in force 15 May 2006

Amended by S.I. 12/2007 .. in force 13 March 2007

Amended by S.I. 134/2020 .. in force 7 September 2020

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

IMMIGRATION (VISA) ORDER – SECTION 7

Commencement [15 May 2006]

1.   Citation

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Visa) Order.

2.   Interpretation

In this Order “principal Act” means the Immigration Act.

3.   Requirement for visa

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   (1)   Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4) of this section, section 4(2) and to any other Order made pursuant to section 7(3) of the principal Act, the passport of a person who is the subject or citizen of a country listed in Schedule 1 shall not be acceptable for entry of that person into Saint Lucia pursuant to section 6 of the principal Act unless his or her passport bears a valid visa for entry into Saint Lucia issued pursuant to Regulations made under the principal Act. (Amended by S.I. 12/2007 in force 13 March 2007)

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   (2)   Where a person referred to in subsection (1) is a subject or a citizen of a country referred to in Schedule 2, the person may obtain the visa upon arrival in Saint Lucia.

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   (3)   Where the person referred to in subsection (1) is a subject or citizen of a country listed in Schedule 3, the person shall obtain the visa prior to arrival in Saint Lucia.

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   (4)   Where a person referred to in subsection (1) is a citizen or subject of Singapore, the person requires a visa only if the period of stay exceeds 15 days. (Inserted by S.I. 12/2007)

4.   Exemption from visa requirement

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   (1)   Subject to subsection (3), a person who is a subject or a citizen of a country referred to in Schedule 4 shall not require a visa to be allowed entry into Saint Lucia. (Amended by S.I. 12/2007)

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   (2)   A person who arrives in Saint Lucia on a cruise ship for a one day visit will not require a visa to enter Saint Lucia.

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   (3)   Where a person referred to in subsection (1) is a citizen or subject of Singapore, the person is exempt from the requirement of a visa only unless the period of stay exceeds 15 days.

Schedule 1

(Section 3(1))

COUNTRIES WHOSE SUBJECTS OR CITIZENS REQUIRE A VISA TO ENTER SAINT LUCIA

Schedule 2

(Section 3(2))

COUNTRIES WHOSE SUBJECTS OR CITIZENS MAY BE ISSUED A VISA ON ARRIVAL IN SAINT LUCIA

Schedule 3

(Section 3(3))

COUNTRIES WHOSE SUBJECTS OR CITIZENS REQUIRE A VISA PRIOR TO ARRIVAL IN SAINT LUCIA

Schedule 4

(Section 4(1))

COUNTRIES WHOSE SUBJECTS OR CITIZENS DO NOT REQUIRE A VISA TO ENTER SAINT LUCIA

Immigration (Prohibited Immigrant) Order – Section 4(3)(b)

(Statutory Instrument 31/2018)

Statutory Instrument 31/2018 .. in force 18 April 2018

IMMIGRATION (PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT) ORDER – SECTION 4(3)(b)

Commencement [18 April 2018]

WHEREAS it is provided under section 4(3)(b) of the Immigration Act that where Cabinet is satisfied on information or advice that any person is undesirable as an inhabitant of, or a visitor to, Saint Lucia, Cabinet may, by Order, declare such person to be a prohibited immigrant and direct that the person be removed from the Island forthwith or by such time as shall be stipulated;

AND WHEREAS Cabinet is satisfied on information received that Oscar Alejandro Franco Gutierrez and Alexis Jose Arroyo Valasquez are undesirable as inhabitants of, or visitors to, Saint Lucia;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to section 4(3)(b) of the Immigration Act and on being satisfied that Oscar Alejandro Franco Gutierrez and Alexis Jose Arroyo Valasquez are undesirable as inhabitants of, or visitors to, Saint Lucia, Cabinet makes this Order:

1.   Citation

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Prohibited Immigrant) Order.

2.   Declaration of prohibited immigrant

Oscar Alejandro Franco Gutierrez and Alexis Jose Arroyo Valasquez are declared to be prohibited immigrants.

3.   Removal of prohibited immigrant

The Chief Immigration Officer is authorized to remove Oscar Alejandro Franco Gutierrez and Alexis Jose Arroyo Valasquez forthwith.

Immigration (Visa) (Exemption)
(Events Company of St. Lucia Inc.) Order – Section 7

(Statutory Instrument 4/2020)

Statutory Instrument 4/2020 .. in force 13 January 2020

IMMIGRATION (VISA) (EXEMPTION)
(EVENTS COMPANY OF ST. LUCIA INC.) ORDER – SECTION 7

Commencement [13 January 2020]

1.   Citation

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Visa) (Exemption) (Events Company of St. Lucia Inc.) Order.

2.   EXEMPTION

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   (1)     Subject to subsection (2), a visiting artist, fashion designer, model, dancer, chef and production crew employed with the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival, Mercury Fest, Roots & Soul Festival, Saint Lucia Carnival, Food & Rum Festival, Arts & Heritage Festival and the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers are exempted from section 7 of the Immigration Act, Cap. 10.01 with respect to the requirement to obtain a visa for entry into Saint Lucia.

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   (2)     The exemption granted under subsection (1) is —

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      (a)     applicable for a period of two years commencing from the 18^th day of April, 2019 and terminating on the 17^th day of April, 2021;

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      (b)     subject to the condition that Events Company of St. Lucia Inc. complies with the monitoring requirements of the Ministry of Tourism, Information and Broadcasting, Culture and Creative Industries.

Immigration (Prohibited Immigrant) Order – Section 4(3)(b)

(Statutory Instrument 47/2020)

Statutory Instrument 47/2020 .. in force 3 April 2020

IMMIGRATION (PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT) ORDER – SECTION 4(3)(b)

Commencement [3 April 2020]

WHEREAS it is provided under section 4(3)(b) of the Immigration Act that where Cabinet is satisfied on information or advice that any person is undesirable as an inhabitant of, or a visitor to, Saint Lucia, Cabinet may, by Order, declare such person to be a prohibited immigrant and direct that the person be removed from the Island forthwith or by such time as shall be stipulated;

AND WHEREAS Cabinet is satisfied on information received that Johan Marie-Magdeleine of Fort-de-France, Martinique and Keddy Jordan Odillon Abbot of Le Lamentin, Martinique are undesirable inhabitants of, or visitors to, Saint Lucia;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to section 4(3)(b) of the Immigration Act and on being satisfied that Johan Marie-Magdeleine of Fort-de-France, Martinique and Keddy Jordan Odillon Abbot of Le Lamentin, Martinique are undesirable inhabitants of, or visitors to, Saint Lucia, Cabinet makes this Order:

1.   Citation

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Prohibited Immigrant) Order.

2.   Declaration of prohibited immigrant

Johan Marie-Magdeleine of Fort-de-France, Martinique and Keddy Jordan Odillon Abbot of Le Lamentin, Martinique are declared to be prohibited immigrants.

3.   Removal of prohibited immigrant

The Chief Immigration Officer is authorized to remove Johan Marie-Magdeleine of Fort-de-France, Martinique and Keddy Jordan Odillon Abbot of Le Lamentin, Martinique by the 3^rd day of April, 2020.

Immigration (Prohibited Immigrant) Order – Section 4(3)(c)

(Statutory Instrument 97/2022)

Statutory Instrument 97/2022 .. in force 21 July 2022

IMMIGRATION (PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT) ORDER – SECTION 4(3)(c)

Commencement [21 July 2022]

WHEREAS it is provided under section 4(3)(c) of the Immigration Act, that where Cabinet is satisfied that, on the ground that a person has been convicted in any country of an offence for which a sentence of imprisonment has been passed and in respect of which he or she has not received a free pardon, such person is undesirable as an immigrant, Cabinet may, by Order, declare such person to be a prohibited immigrant and direct that the person be removed from the Island forthwith or by such time as shall be stipulated;

AND WHEREAS Cabinet is satisfied on information received that Menelik Jean Michel Surena of Le Marin, Martinique is an undesirable inhabitant of, or visitor to, Saint Lucia;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to section 4(3)(c) of the Immigration Act, and on being satisfied that Menelik Jean Michel Surena of Le Marin, Martinique is an undesirable inhabitant of, or visitor to, Saint Lucia, Cabinet makes this Order:

1.   Citation

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Prohibited Immigrant) Order.

2.   Declaration of prohibited immigrant

Menelik Jean Michel Surena of Le Marin, Martinique is declared to be a prohibited immigrant.

3.   Removal of prohibited immigrant

The Chief Immigration Officer is authorized to remove Menelik Jean Michel Surena of Le Marin, Martinique by the 25^th day of July, 2022.