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(1) This Act may be cited as the Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026. (2) This Act comes into force on such date as may be appointed by Order made by the Cabinet and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and in relation to different matters. I Assent, Jane Owen Governor Date: 25th March, 2026 Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026 2. Repeal and substitution of section 27 of the Immigration (Transition) Act (2022 Revision) - Caymanian as of right 2. The Immigration (Transition) Act (2022 Revision), in this Act referred to as the \u201cprincipal Act\u201d, is amended by repealing section 27 and substituting the following section \u2014 \u201cCaymanian as of right\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_27\", \"num\": \"27.\", \"text\": \"In this Part, \u201cCaymanian as of right\u201d means a person \u2014 (a) born in the Islands on or before the 26th March, 1977; or (b) born on or after the 1st January, 2004 whether in or outside the Islands, at the date of whose birth at least one of that person\u2019s parents was settled in the Islands and was Caymanian; (c) born outside the Islands, after the 1st January, 2004, at the date of whose birth at least one of that person\u2019s parents was Caymanian otherwise than by descent; or (d) acquiring the status of Caymanian under section 21 of the repealed Immigration Act (2015 Revision) or under any earlier law conferring the same or similar rights.\u201d.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Insertion of section 71B - express fees 3. The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 71A the following section \u2014 \u201cProvision of expedited services with payment of prescribed express fee 71B. (1) Regulations made under this Act may provide that services may be expedited in respect of the processing of an application and a person who is desirous of being provided those expedited services shall pay, in addition to any other fee payable under the Act relating to the application, the relevant prescribed express fees. (2) Notwithstanding section 72(2)(fd), a refund shall not be provided in respect of any paid prescribed express fees where the delay in processing the application is attributable to any statutory, regulatory, administrative or legal obligation requiring compliance, further review of the application or any other proceedings prior to the determination of the application. (3) The Director of WORC shall ensure that a person who is desirous of being provided expedited services in respect of the processing of an application is notified in writing, prior to the payment of the prescribed express fee, that \u2014 (a) a refund shall not be provided in respect of any paid prescribed express fee where the delay in processing the application is Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026 attributable to any statutory, regulatory, administrative or legal obligation requiring compliance, further review of the application or any other proceedings prior to the determination of the application; and (b) where the person pays the prescribed express fee and there is a delay in processing the application that is attributable to any statutory, regulatory, administrative or legal obligation requiring compliance, further review of the application or any other proceedings, the Director of WORC shall ensure that the person is immediately notified in writing of the reason for the delay.\u201d.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Amendment of section 72 - regulations 4. The principal Act is amended in section 72(2) by repealing paragraphs (fa) and (fb) and substituting the following paragraphs \u2014 \u201c(fa) provide that services may be expedited in respect of the processing of applications; (fb) prescribe express fees payable under this Act by a person or category of persons for the provision of expedited services in respect of the processing of applications; (fc) prescribe the time or the intervals at which the fees under paragraphs (f) and (fb) are payable; (fd) provide for the refund, waiver or reduction of the fees under paragraphs (f) and (fb), which may include the circumstances under which the fees may be refunded, waived or reduced; (fe) provide for an exemption from the requirement to pay fees under paragraphs (f) and (fb), which may include the circumstances under which the exemption may be granted;\u201d.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Amendment of section 83A - further transitional matters 5. The principal Act is amended in section 83A as follows \u2014 (a) by repealing subsections (4) and (5) and substituting the following subsections \u2014 \u201c(4) Section 28(3) and (4) of the principal Act as amended by section 10(a) and (b) of the Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025 shall not apply to \u2014 (a) a person \u2014 (i) who, as at the date of commencement of section 10(a) and (b) of the Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026 Validation) Act, 2025 has submitted an application or is the subject of an application, as the case may be \u2014 (A) for the right to reside permanently in the Islands after having been legally and ordinarily resident in the Islands for a period of at least eight years; (B) for a Residency and Employment Rights Certificate by virtue of marriage to, or civil partnership with, a Caymanian or permanent resident; (C) for a Residency and Employment Rights Certificate pursuant to section 39 of the principal Act, as the dependant of a Residency and Employment Rights Certificate holder; (D) for a Certificate of Permanent Residence for Persons of Independent Means; (E) for a Certificate of Permanent Residence for Dependants of Persons of Independent Means, as the spouse, civil partner or dependant of a holder of a Certificate of Permanent Residence for Persons of Independent Means; (F) to be a British Overseas Territories Citizen by virtue of a connection with the Islands, by registration or by entitlement under the British Nationality Act, 1981, or any Act preceding, amending or replacing that Act; (G) to be listed as a dependant on the Residency and Employment Rights Certificate of a Residency and Employment Rights Certificate holder; (H) for leave to remain in the Islands under section 111(4) or (4B) of the Customs and Border Control Act (2024 Revision); or (I) for asylum under section 111(3) of the Customs and Border Control Act (2024 Revision), by virtue of being a dependant child under the age of eighteen years old of a person granted leave to remain in the Islands under section 111(4) of the Customs and Border Control Act (2024 Revision); and (ii) whose application is subsequently granted or in respect of whom the application is subsequently granted, as the case may be; and Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026 (b) any of the following persons whose right to reside permanently in the Islands, Certificate, leave to remain or grant of asylum, as applicable, is in force at the date of the commencement of section 10(a) and (b) of the Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025 \u2014 (i) a person who has been granted the right to reside permanently in the Islands after having been legally and ordinarily resident in the Islands for a period of at least eight years; (ii) a spouse or civil partner of a Caymanian or permanent resident who is the holder of a Residency and Employment Rights Certificate by virtue of marriage to, or civil partnership with, the Caymanian or permanent resident; (iii) a dependant of a Residency and Employment Rights Certificate holder, who, pursuant to section 39, is the holder of a Residency and Employment Rights Certificate; (iv) a person who is the holder of a Certificate of Permanent Residence for Persons of Independent Means; (v) a spouse or civil partner, and any dependant, of the holder of a Certificate of Permanent Residence for Persons of Independent Means who is the holder of a Certificate of Permanent Residence for Dependants of Persons of Independent Means; (vi) a person who is a British Overseas Territories Citizen by virtue of a connection with the Islands, by registration or by entitlement under the British Nationality Act, 1981, or any Act preceding, amending or replacing that Act; (vii) a person who is listed as a dependent on the Residency and Employment Rights Certificate of a Residency and Employment Rights Certificate holder; (viii) a person who is granted leave to remain in the Islands under section 111(4) or (4B) of the Customs and Border Control Act (2024 Revision); and (ix) a dependant child of a person who is granted asylum pursuant to an application made in accordance with section 111(3) of the Customs and Border Control Act (2024 Revision). (5) The reference to a person described in subsection (4)(a)(i)(A) does not include a person who, as at the date of commencement of section Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026 10(a) and (b) of the Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025, has submitted an application for \u2014 (a) a Certificate referred to in section 37(1)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of the principal Act; or (b) permanent residence under any earlier law in circumstances analogous to section 37(1)(a) of the principal Act. (5A) The reference to a person described in subsection (4)(b)(i) does not include a person who, as at the date of commencement of section 10(a) and (b) of the Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025 \u2014 (a) is a holder of a Certificate referred to in section 37(1)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of the principal Act; or (b) was granted permanent residence under any earlier law in circumstances analogous to section 37(1)(a) or (b) of the principal Act.\u201d; and (b) by inserting after subsection (13) the following subsection \u2014 \u201c(13A) Where, on the date of commencement of section 3 or 4 of the Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026, a person has paid an express application fee in respect of an application for a temporary work permit, any refund of the express application fee will be dealt with as if neither section 3 nor 4 of the Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026 had come into force.\u201d.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Validation 6. The payment of express fees to, and the charging and collection of express fees by, the Director of WORC, without statutory authority, for expedited services provided under the principal Act prior to the commencement of sections 3 and 4 of this amending and validating Act are \u2014 (a) validated; and (b) considered as lawfully charged by, paid to and collected by the Director of WORC, as if the Director of WORC was empowered under the principal Act as amended by this amending and validating Act to charge and collect those express fees. Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026 7. Orders or determinations by court not affected 7. Section 6 does not affect any order or determination made by a court with respect to express fees charged by, paid to or collected by the Director of WORC, without statutory authority, for expedited services provided under the principal Act prior to the commencement of sections 3 and 4 of this amending and validating Act. 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TO PROVIDE FOR THE CHARGING\nOF FEES FOR EXPEDITED SERVICES; TO PROVIDE FOR TRANSITIONAL MATTERS;\nTO VALIDATE THE CHARGING, PAYMENT AND COLLECTION OF FEES, WITHOUT\nSTATUTORY AUTHORITY, FOR EXPEDITED SERVICES; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND\nCONNECTED PURPOSES\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\n1.\nShort title and commencement\n1.\n(1) This Act may be cited as the Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and\nValidation) Act, 2026.\n(2) This Act comes into force on such date as may be appointed by Order made by\nthe Cabinet and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this\nAct and in relation to different matters.\n(Act 1 of 2026)\nI Assent,\nJane Owen\nGovernor\nDate: 25th March, 2026\n\nSection 2\nImmigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026\n\nPage 6\nAct 1 of 2026\nc\n\n2.\nRepeal and substitution of section 27 of the Immigration (Transition) Act\n(2022 Revision) - Caymanian as of right\n2.\nThe Immigration (Transition) Act (2022 Revision), in this Act referred to as the\n\u201cprincipal Act\u201d, is amended by repealing section 27 and substituting the following\nsection \u2014\n\u201cCaymanian as of right\n27. In this Part, \u201cCaymanian as of right\u201d means a person \u2014\n(a)\nborn in the Islands on or before the 26th March, 1977; or\n(b) born on or after the 1st January, 2004 whether in or outside the\nIslands, at the date of whose birth at least one of that person\u2019s\nparents was settled in the Islands and was Caymanian;\n(c)\nborn outside the Islands, after the 1st January, 2004, at the date\nof whose birth at least one of that person\u2019s parents was\nCaymanian otherwise than by descent; or\n(d) acquiring the status of Caymanian under section 21 of the\nrepealed Immigration Act (2015 Revision) or under any earlier\nlaw conferring the same or similar rights.\u201d.\n3.\nInsertion of section 71B - express fees\n3.\nThe principal Act is amended by inserting after section 71A the following section \u2014\n\u201cProvision of expedited services with payment of prescribed\nexpress fee\n71B. (1) Regulations made under this Act may provide that services may be\nexpedited in respect of the processing of an application and a person\nwho is desirous of being provided those expedited services shall pay,\nin addition to any other fee payable under the Act relating to the\napplication, the relevant prescribed express fees.\n(2) Notwithstanding section 72(2)(fd), a refund shall not be provided in\nrespect of any paid prescribed express fees where the delay in\nprocessing the application is attributable to any statutory, regulatory,\nadministrative or legal obligation requiring compliance, further\nreview of the application or any other proceedings prior to the\ndetermination of the application.\n(3) The Director of WORC shall ensure that a person who is desirous of\nbeing provided expedited services in respect of the processing of an\napplication is notified in writing, prior to the payment of the\nprescribed express fee, that \u2014\n(a)\na refund shall not be provided in respect of any paid prescribed\nexpress fee where the delay in processing the application is\n\nImmigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026\nSection 4\n\nc\nAct 1 of 2026\nPage 7\n\nattributable to any statutory, regulatory, administrative or legal\nobligation requiring compliance, further review of the\napplication or any other proceedings prior to the determination\nof the application; and\n(b) where the person pays the prescribed express fee and there is a\ndelay in processing the application that is attributable to any\nstatutory, regulatory, administrative or legal obligation\nrequiring compliance, further review of the application or any\nother proceedings, the Director of WORC shall ensure that the\nperson is immediately notified in writing of the reason for the\ndelay.\u201d.\n4.\nAmendment of section 72 - regulations\n4.\nThe principal Act is amended in section 72(2) by repealing paragraphs (fa) and (fb)\nand substituting the following paragraphs \u2014\n\u201c(fa) provide that services may be expedited in respect of the\nprocessing of applications;\n(fb) prescribe express fees payable under this Act by a person or\ncategory of persons for the provision of expedited services in\nrespect of the processing of applications;\n(fc) prescribe the time or the intervals at which the fees under\nparagraphs (f) and (fb) are payable;\n(fd) provide for the refund, waiver or reduction of the fees under\nparagraphs (f) and (fb), which may include the circumstances\nunder which the fees may be refunded, waived or reduced;\n(fe) provide for an exemption from the requirement to pay fees\nunder paragraphs (f) and (fb), which may include the\ncircumstances under which the exemption may be granted;\u201d.\n5.\nAmendment of section 83A - further transitional matters\n5.\nThe principal Act is amended in section 83A as follows \u2014\n(a)\nby repealing subsections (4) and (5) and substituting the following\nsubsections \u2014\n\u201c(4) Section 28(3) and (4) of the principal Act as amended by section\n10(a) and (b) of the Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and\nValidation) Act, 2025 shall not apply to \u2014\n(a)\na person \u2014\n(i)\nwho, as at the date of commencement of section 10(a) and\n(b) of the Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and\n\nSection 5\nImmigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026\n\nPage 8\nAct 1 of 2026\nc\n\nValidation) Act, 2025 has submitted an application or is\nthe subject of an application, as the case may be \u2014\n(A) for the right to reside permanently in the Islands after\nhaving been legally and ordinarily resident in the\nIslands for a period of at least eight years;\n(B) for a Residency and Employment Rights Certificate\nby virtue of marriage to, or civil partnership with, a\nCaymanian or permanent resident;\n(C) for a Residency and Employment Rights Certificate\npursuant to section 39 of the principal Act, as the\ndependant of a Residency and Employment Rights\nCertificate holder;\n(D) for a Certificate of Permanent Residence for Persons\nof Independent Means;\n(E) for a Certificate of Permanent Residence for\nDependants of Persons of Independent Means, as the\nspouse, civil partner or dependant of a holder of a\nCertificate of Permanent Residence for Persons of\nIndependent Means;\n(F) to be a British Overseas Territories Citizen by virtue\nof a connection with the Islands, by registration or\nby entitlement under the British Nationality Act,\n1981, or any Act preceding, amending or replacing\nthat Act;\n(G) to be listed as a dependant on the Residency and\nEmployment Rights Certificate of a Residency and\nEmployment Rights Certificate holder;\n(H) for leave to remain in the Islands under section\n111(4) or (4B) of the Customs and Border Control\nAct (2024 Revision); or\n(I)\nfor asylum under section 111(3) of the Customs and\nBorder Control Act (2024 Revision), by virtue of\nbeing a dependant child under the age of eighteen\nyears old of a person granted leave to remain in the\nIslands under section 111(4) of the Customs and\nBorder Control Act (2024 Revision); and\n(ii) whose application is subsequently granted or in respect of\nwhom the application is subsequently granted, as the case\nmay be; and\n\nImmigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026\nSection 5\n\nc\nAct 1 of 2026\nPage 9\n\n(b) any of the following persons whose right to reside permanently\nin the Islands, Certificate, leave to remain or grant of asylum,\nas applicable, is in force at the date of the commencement of\nsection 10(a) and (b) of the Immigration (Transition)\n(Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025 \u2014\n(i)\na person who has been granted the right to reside\npermanently in the Islands after having been legally and\nordinarily resident in the Islands for a period of at least\neight years;\n(ii) a spouse or civil partner of a Caymanian or permanent\nresident who is the holder of a Residency and\nEmployment Rights Certificate by virtue of marriage to,\nor civil partnership with, the Caymanian or permanent\nresident;\n(iii) a dependant of a Residency and Employment Rights\nCertificate holder, who, pursuant to section 39, is the\nholder of a Residency and Employment Rights Certificate;\n(iv) a person who is the holder of a Certificate of Permanent\nResidence for Persons of Independent Means;\n(v) a spouse or civil partner, and any dependant, of the holder\nof a Certificate of Permanent Residence for Persons of\nIndependent Means who is the holder of a Certificate of\nPermanent Residence for Dependants of Persons of\nIndependent Means;\n(vi) a person who is a British Overseas Territories Citizen by\nvirtue of a connection with the Islands, by registration or\nby entitlement under the British Nationality Act, 1981, or\nany Act preceding, amending or replacing that Act;\n(vii) a person who is listed as a dependent on the Residency and\nEmployment Rights Certificate of a Residency and\nEmployment Rights Certificate holder;\n(viii) a person who is granted leave to remain in the Islands\nunder section 111(4) or (4B) of the Customs and Border\nControl Act (2024 Revision); and\n(ix) a dependant child of a person who is granted asylum\npursuant to an application made in accordance with\nsection 111(3) of the Customs and Border Control Act\n(2024 Revision).\n(5) The reference to a person described in subsection (4)(a)(i)(A) does\nnot include a person who, as at the date of commencement of section\n\nSection 6\nImmigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026\n\nPage 10\nAct 1 of 2026\nc\n\n10(a) and (b) of the Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and\nValidation) Act, 2025, has submitted an application for \u2014\n(a) a Certificate referred to in section 37(1)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of the\nprincipal Act; or\n(b) permanent residence under any earlier law in circumstances\nanalogous to section 37(1)(a) of the principal Act.\n(5A) The reference to a person described in subsection (4)(b)(i) does not\ninclude a person who, as at the date of commencement of section\n10(a) and (b) of the Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and\nValidation) Act, 2025 \u2014\n(a) is a holder of a Certificate referred to in section 37(1)(a), (b),\n(c), or (d) of the principal Act; or\n(b) was granted permanent residence under any earlier law in\ncircumstances analogous to section 37(1)(a) or (b) of the\nprincipal Act.\u201d; and\n(b) by inserting after subsection (13) the following subsection \u2014\n\u201c(13A) Where, on the date of commencement of section 3 or 4 of the\nImmigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026,\na person has paid an express application fee in respect of an\napplication for a temporary work permit, any refund of the express\napplication fee will be dealt with as if neither section 3 nor 4 of\nthe Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act,\n2026 had come into force.\u201d.\n6.\nValidation\n6.\nThe payment of express fees to, and the charging and collection of express fees by,\nthe Director of WORC, without statutory authority, for expedited services provided\nunder the principal Act prior to the commencement of sections 3 and 4 of this\namending and validating Act are \u2014\n(a)\nvalidated; and\n(b) considered as lawfully charged by, paid to and collected by the Director of\nWORC,\nas if the Director of WORC was empowered under the principal Act as amended by\nthis amending and validating Act to charge and collect those express fees.\n\nImmigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2026\nSection 7\n\nc\nAct 1 of 2026\nPage 11\n\n7.\nOrders or determinations by court not affected\n7.\nSection 6 does not affect any order or determination made by a court with respect to\nexpress fees charged by, paid to or collected by the Director of WORC, without\nstatutory authority, for expedited services provided under the principal Act prior to\nthe commencement of sections 3 and 4 of this amending and validating Act.\nPassed by the Parliament the 5th day of March, 2026.\nHon. 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