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The Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations, 2019 made the 21st January, 2019, as amended by the Citation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020 [Act 56 of 2020], and consolidated with \u2014 Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 made the 24th June, 2020 Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 made the 13th December, 2022 Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 made the 31st March, 2023. Consolidated and revised this 31st day of December, 2023. Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision) Arrangement of Regulations Immigration (Transition) Act (2022 Revision) IMMIGRATION (TRANSITION) (TEMPORARY WORK PERMITS AND BUSINESS VISITORS\u2019 PERMITS) REGULATIONS (2024 Revision) Arrangement of Regulations 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"ENDNOTES Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision) Regulation 1 Immigration (Transition) Act (2022 Revision) IMMIGRATION (TRANSITION) (TEMPORARY WORK PERMITS AND BUSINESS VISITORS\u2019 PERMITS) REGULATIONS (2024 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_1\", \"num\": \"1.\", \"text\": \"Citation 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Definitions 2. In these Regulations \u2014 \u201cbusiness visitor\u201d means a person who has been issued with a business visitor\u2019s permit granted under regulation 5; \u201cDirector\u201d means the Director of the Workforce, Opportunities and Residency Cayman Office who is appointed under section 6; or a delegate of the Director appointed under section 7(2); \u201cWORC\u201d means the Department established under section 3 of the Immigration (Transition) Act (2022 Revision); \u201cseasonal worker\u201d means a person who has been or may be granted a temporary work permit by the Director under regulation 4 for employment in the tourism, hospitality or water sports industry during the peak tourism season for a continuous period not exceeding eight months in any period of twelve months; Regulation 3 Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision) \u201csection\u201d means a section of the Immigration (Transition) Act (2022 Revision); and \u201ctemporary work permit\u201d means a work permit issued under regulation 4.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Prescribed forms, etc 3. A form, notice, certificate, licence, permit, warrant, book, register or other document is in the prescribed form if it has been issued or approved for the purpose by the Director.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Temporary work permits 4. (1) The Director may, on application in the prescribed form, accompanied by such documentary evidence as may be required by the Director, by or on behalf of a person who desires to enter and remain in the Islands temporarily for the purposes of gainful occupation \u2014 (a) grant to such person a work permit, in these regulations referred to as a temporary work permit, in the prescribed form upon payment of the prescribed fee; (b) vary or modify the terms of such permit upon payment of the prescribed fee; (c) refuse the application for the permit; or (d) revoke a temporary work permit so granted. (2) A work permit granted under paragraph (1) may be either \u2014 (a) a temporary work permit, for a continuous period of up to six months which may, if granted for a period of less than six months, be renewed so long as the total period of validity does not exceed six months or such further period as the Cabinet may specify in directions issued to the Director under section 5 of the Immigration (Transition) Act (2022 Revision) and published in the Gazette, any official Government website or any official means of communication;1 or (b) a temporary work permit, for a seasonal worker for a continuous period of eight months; and such permit cannot be extended or renewed, nor may a work permit be issued with respect to the same worker unless that person has left the Islands for at least three months immediately following the expiry of the temporary work permit for a seasonal worker. (3) In order to determine whether an application under this regulation should be granted or refused or a temporary work permit revoked, the Director shall have regard to the following criteria \u2014 (a) in relation to the prospective employer, that the prospective employer has demonstrated the prospective employer\u2019s genuine need to engage the services of the prospective worker; Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision) Regulation 4 (b) in relation to the worker \u2014 (i) the worker\u2019s character, reputation and health, and where relevant, the character, reputation and health of the worker\u2019s dependants; (ii) the worker\u2019s professional and technical qualifications and the worker\u2019s experience and competence to undertake the position applied for; (iii) the economic and social benefits which the worker may bring to the Islands; (iv) the sufficiency of the resources or the proposed salary of the worker and, where the worker\u2019s spouse is employed within the Islands, those of the spouse, and the worker or spouse\u2019s ability to adequately maintain their dependants; (v) the worker\u2019s facility in the use of the English language; and (vi) the location, type and suitability of the accommodation available for the worker and the worker\u2019s dependants, if any, throughout the term of the work permit. (c) the protection of local interests and in particular of Caymanians, including and where applicable, the provisions set out in section 58(2)(c); (d) the availability of the services of a suitable person already legally and ordinarily in the Islands; (e) the desirability of granting permits to applicants with different backgrounds and from different geographical areas so that a suitable balance in the social and economic life of the Islands may be maintained; (f) where applicable, the provisions set out in section 60; (g) the requirements of the community as a whole; and (h) such other matters that may arise from the application. (4) Subject to paragraph (5), an application for the grant of a temporary work permit in respect of a person who gained entry as a visitor shall not be \u2014 (a) considered, unless the application was submitted after the visitor\u2019s departure from the Islands; or (b) approved, unless the visitor remained off the Islands during the processing of the application. (5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), the Director may, where in the Director\u2019s opinion there exist extenuating circumstances, act in person to consider the application. (6) A prospective employer or, where the application is in respect of a person who wishes to be self-employed, the applicant, shall satisfy the Director that there has been compliance with paragraph (4)(a) and (b). Regulation 5 Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision) (7) A prospective employer or an applicant who provides information to the Director in relation to paragraph (6), which information the prospective employer or applicant knows to be false or does not believe to be true, commits an offence. (8) Where the Director refuses an application under this regulation either in whole or in part, the Director, shall give the applicant brief reasons for that rejection and inform the applicant of the applicant\u2019s rights under regulation 8. (9) Failure of the Director to inform an applicant of the right of appeal referred to in regulation 8 shall not of itself give rise to a right of appeal and failure to give reasons as required by paragraph (8) when first promulgating the Director\u2019s decision to reject an application shall not give rise to such a right of appeal if the Director gives them to the applicant within thirty days of having made the decision.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Business visitors\u2019 permit 5. (1) Any person carrying on business in or from within the Islands who regularly throughout each year employs persons not legally and ordinarily resident in the Islands on a temporary basis, may make a single application in each year to the Director for the issue, in each year, of one or more business visitors\u2019 permits and for more than one visit. (2) An application for business visitors\u2019 permits shall be in respect of such number of persons and visits as the company, partnership or firm wishes to have granted and shall contain, in respect of each such person, such information as may be required by the Director. (3) An application shall state the maximum number of times it is desired that each business visitor be admitted to the Islands in any one year, the occupation of the applicant and the maximum duration of the stay of each business visitor during each visit. (4) A business visitors\u2019 permit shall not be issued for more than fourteen days on any one visit or in respect of a person who is ineligible to be granted a work permit by virtue of section 66(1). (5) The Director, in considering an application under this regulation, shall take into account such of the matters set out in section 58(2) to (4) as the Director considers relevant and, when granting business visitors\u2019 permits, may impose such conditions and limitations as the Director thinks fit. Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision) Regulation 6\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Training and recruitment 6. (1) The Board or the Director may require an applicant for the grant or renewal of a temporary work permit to provide details of any programme that the applicant has that is designed to ensure that Caymanians are provided with the instructions and practical experience necessary to make them fully qualified to carry out the job concerned satisfactorily and as expeditiously as possible. (2) The absence of such a programme or the failure to implement such a programme without reasonable cause constitutes a ground for denying the grant or renewal of a temporary work permit. (3) Where the Director is satisfied that there are insufficient Caymanians, or persons legally and ordinarily resident in the Islands, to meet an expected demand for persons to fill jobs in any profession, trade or industry or in relation to a particular project or enterprise, the Director may, in consultation with the Board, establish arrangements with authorities outside the Islands for the selection there of persons ready, willing and able to fill those jobs for the purpose of recommending their recruitment to prospective employers within the Islands. (4) An application for a temporary work permit involving a person recommended in accordance with paragraph (3) shall be given preference by the Board or the Director.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_7\", \"num\": \"7.\", \"text\": \"Fees for work permit and business visitors\u2019 permit 7. (1) The fees set out in the Schedule to the Immigration Regulations (2019 Revision) relating to temporary work permits shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations. (2) The annual fee, in respect of business visitors\u2019 permits shall be such as are provided under Schedule 1 of the Immigration Regulations (2019 Revision) and shall be determined by the number of persons in respect of whom application is made and the number of visits per person in the relevant calendar year.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Appeal 8. (1) Any person aggrieved by, or dissatisfied with, a decision of the Director to \u2014 (a) refuse an application for the grant of a temporary work permit under regulation 4; or (b) revoke a temporary work permit, may, within seven days of the communication of the decision to that person, appeal therefrom to the pertinent Board whose decision shall be final and binding upon the appellant. (2) The Board\u2019s decision under paragraph (1) shall, if notice thereof is sent to the appellant \u2014 Regulation 8 Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision) (a) by post, be deemed to have been received by the appellant no later than seven days from the date of dispatch; or (b) by electronic mail, be deemed to have been received by the appellant no later than twenty-four hours after its transmission. (3) Pending the outcome of an appeal under this regulation the prospective worker or worker named in the application or on the temporary work permit may be allowed to remain in the Islands if the appellant satisfies the Director of Customs and Border Control that the appellant is able to support the appellant and the appellant\u2019s dependants, if any. (4) An appeal under this regulation shall be by notice in writing addressed to the Secretary of the pertinent Board and such notice \u2014 (a) shall specify the decision against which the appeal is made; and (b) shall be accompanied by a copy of the original application which is the subject of appeal and the prescribed non-refundable fee. (5) An appeal under this regulation may be lodged on the ground, or grounds, and no other, that the decision in question is \u2014 (a) erroneous in law; (b) unreasonable; (c) contrary to the principles of natural justice; or (d) at variance with the Regulations. (6) In this regulation \u201cpertinent Board\u201d means the Work Permit Board except that an appeal in respect of a decision in relation to a temporary work permit for Cayman Brac or Little Cayman shall be heard by the Cayman Brac and Little Cayman Immigration Board. (7) On receipt of a notice of appeal the pertinent Board shall, within fourteen days, notify the Director of the decision against which the appeal is made. (8) Upon receipt of a notification under paragraph (7) the Director shall, within a reasonable period, deliver to the pertinent Board and the appellant, the reasons for the Director\u2019s or its decision. (9) Upon receipt of the reasons referred to in paragraph (8) the appellant shall, within fourteen days, file the appellant\u2019s detailed grounds of appeal upon which the hearing shall be determined by the pertinent Board and serve a copy of the grounds of appeal on the Director. (10) The period within which detailed grounds of appeal must be filed under paragraph (9) may be extended at the discretion of the Chairperson of the pertinent Board upon the request of the appellant for good reason shown in writing. Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision) Regulation 8 (11) Upon receipt of the detailed grounds of appeal filed by the appellant under paragraph (9) and any subsequent information requested, the pertinent Board may \u2014 (a) if it is satisfied that the appellant has complied with the requirements of this regulation, proceed with a hearing on grounds; or (b) if it is satisfied that the appellant has failed to comply with any of the requirements of this regulation, quash the appeal without a hearing on grounds. (12) When considering the detailed grounds filed by the appellant under paragraph (9), the pertinent Board may request additional information or further particulars from the appellant. (13) At a hearing on grounds as referred to in paragraph (11), the Board shall take into account \u2014 (a) the reasons provided by the Director under paragraph (8) and all information that was submitted by the appellant at the time of the appellant\u2019s original application; and (b) the detailed grounds filed by the appellant under paragraph (9). (14) A hearing on grounds under paragraph (11) shall be on the basis of the detailed grounds filed by the appellant under paragraph (9) and neither the parties nor their representatives shall be present at the hearing. (15) Notwithstanding paragraph (14), the pertinent Board may, in its absolute discretion, call upon either party or any persons as it deems necessary and relevant to address it. (16) Where at a hearing on grounds the pertinent Board determines that at least one of the grounds contained in paragraph (5) has been made out, the pertinent Board shall proceed to a rehearing of the original application which was the subject of the appeal. (17) The pertinent Board when rehearing an application under paragraph (16) shall do so by way of a hearing de novo and shall take into account any fresh evidence put forward by the appellant or the Director that may have arisen in relation to the parties, which is to be submitted in writing. (18) The law in force at the time of the rehearing by the pertinent Board shall govern the proceedings under paragraph (16). (19) Neither the appellant nor the appellant\u2019s representative shall be permitted to be present at the rehearing of the original application which shall be based on written submissions with respect to fresh evidence or changes in circumstances. (20) A decision of the pertinent Board shall be notified to the appellant within a reasonable period of time. Regulation 9 Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision) (21) A decision under paragraph (11) to quash an appeal shall not in itself give rise to a right of appeal. (22) Decisions made under this regulation shall be deemed to be administrative and not judicial decisions. (23) The fee for an appeal under this regulation shall be one hundred dollars. 9. Repeal 9. (1) The Immigration Regulations (2019 Revision) is amended in regulation 2 by repealing the definition of the words \u201ctemporary work permit\u201d. (2) Regulation 4(8) of the Immigration Regulations (2019 Revision) is repealed. Publication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Cabinet this 30th day of January, 2024. Kim Bullings Clerk of the Cabinet. 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Permits)\n(Amendment) Regulations, 2020 made the 24th June, 2020\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits)\n(Amendment) Regulations, 2022 made the 13th December, 2022\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits)\n(Amendment) Regulations, 2023 made the 31st March, 2023.\n\nConsolidated and revised this 31st day of December, 2023.\n\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision)\nArrangement of Regulations\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2023\nPage 3\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nImmigration (Transition) Act\n(2022 Revision)\nIMMIGRATION (TRANSITION) (TEMPORARY\nWORK PERMITS AND BUSINESS VISITORS\u2019\nPERMITS) REGULATIONS\n(2024 Revision)\nArrangement of Regulations\nSection\nPage\n1.\nCitation ......................................................................................................................................5\n2.\nDefinitions ..................................................................................................................................5\n3.\nPrescribed forms, etc .................................................................................................................6\n4.\nTemporary work permits ............................................................................................................6\n5.\nBusiness visitors\u2019 permit ............................................................................................................8\n6.\nTraining and recruitment ............................................................................................................9\n7.\nFees for work permit and business visitors\u2019 permit .....................................................................9\n8.\nAppeal .......................................................................................................................................9\n9.\nRepeal ..................................................................................................................................... 12\nENDNOTES\n13\nTable of Legislation history: ............................................................................................................... 13\nTable of Endnote references: ............................................................................................................ 13\n\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision)\nRegulation 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2023\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nImmigration (Transition) Act\n(2022 Revision)\nIMMIGRATION (TRANSITION) (TEMPORARY\nWORK PERMITS AND BUSINESS VISITORS\u2019\nPERMITS) REGULATIONS\n(2024 Revision)\n\n1.\nCitation\n1.\nThese Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work\nPermits and Business Visitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision).\n2.\nDefinitions\n2.\nIn these Regulations \u2014\n\u201cbusiness visitor\u201d means a person who has been issued with a business visitor\u2019s\npermit granted under regulation 5;\n\u201cDirector\u201d means the Director of the Workforce, Opportunities and Residency\nCayman Office who is appointed under section 6; or a delegate of the Director\nappointed under section 7(2);\n\u201cWORC\u201d means the Department established under section 3 of the Immigration\n(Transition) Act (2022 Revision);\n\u201cseasonal worker\u201d means a person who has been or may be granted a temporary\nwork permit by the Director under regulation 4 for employment in the tourism,\nhospitality or water sports industry during the peak tourism season for a\ncontinuous period not exceeding eight months in any period of twelve months;\n\nRegulation 3\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision)\n\nPage 6\nRevised as at 31st December, 2023\nc\n\n\u201csection\u201d means a section of the Immigration (Transition) Act (2022 Revision);\nand\n\u201ctemporary work permit\u201d means a work permit issued under regulation 4.\n3.\nPrescribed forms, etc\n3.\nA form, notice, certificate, licence, permit, warrant, book, register or other document\nis in the prescribed form if it has been issued or approved for the purpose by the\nDirector.\n4.\nTemporary work permits\n4.\n(1) The Director may, on application in the prescribed form, accompanied by such\ndocumentary evidence as may be required by the Director, by or on behalf of a\nperson who desires to enter and remain in the Islands temporarily for the\npurposes of gainful occupation \u2014\n(a)\ngrant to such person a work permit, in these regulations referred to as a\ntemporary work permit, in the prescribed form upon payment of the\nprescribed fee;\n(b) vary or modify the terms of such permit upon payment of the\nprescribed fee;\n(c)\nrefuse the application for the permit; or\n(d) revoke a temporary work permit so granted.\n(2) A work permit granted under paragraph (1) may be either \u2014\n(a)\na temporary work permit, for a continuous period of up to six months\nwhich may, if granted for a period of less than six months, be renewed so\nlong as the total period of validity does not exceed six months or such\nfurther period as the Cabinet may specify in directions issued to the\nDirector under section 5 of the Immigration (Transition) Act (2022\nRevision) and published in the Gazette, any official Government website\nor any official means of communication;1 or\n(b) a temporary work permit, for a seasonal worker for a continuous period of\neight months; and such permit cannot be extended or renewed, nor may a\nwork permit be issued with respect to the same worker unless that person\nhas left the Islands for at least three months immediately following the\nexpiry of the temporary work permit for a seasonal worker.\n(3) In order to determine whether an application under this regulation should be\ngranted or refused or a temporary work permit revoked, the Director shall have\nregard to the following criteria \u2014\n(a)\nin relation to the prospective employer, that the prospective employer has\ndemonstrated the prospective employer\u2019s genuine need to engage the\nservices of the prospective worker;\n\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision)\nRegulation 4\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2023\nPage 7\n\n(b) in relation to the worker \u2014\n(i)\nthe worker\u2019s character, reputation and health, and where relevant, the\ncharacter, reputation and health of the worker\u2019s dependants;\n(ii) the worker\u2019s professional and technical qualifications and the\nworker\u2019s experience and competence to undertake the position\napplied for;\n(iii) the economic and social benefits which the worker may bring to the\nIslands;\n(iv) the sufficiency of the resources or the proposed salary of the worker\nand, where the worker\u2019s spouse is employed within the Islands, those\nof the spouse, and the worker or spouse\u2019s ability to adequately\nmaintain their dependants;\n(v) the worker\u2019s facility in the use of the English language; and\n(vi) the location, type and suitability of the accommodation available for\nthe worker and the worker\u2019s dependants, if any, throughout the term\nof the work permit.\n(c)\nthe protection of local interests and in particular of Caymanians, including\nand where applicable, the provisions set out in section 58(2)(c);\n(d) the availability of the services of a suitable person already legally and\nordinarily in the Islands;\n(e)\nthe desirability of granting permits to applicants with different\nbackgrounds and from different geographical areas so that a suitable\nbalance in the social and economic life of the Islands may be maintained;\n(f)\nwhere applicable, the provisions set out in section 60;\n(g) the requirements of the community as a whole; and\n(h) such other matters that may arise from the application.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5), an application for the grant of a temporary work permit\nin respect of a person who gained entry as a visitor shall not be \u2014\n(a)\nconsidered, unless the application was submitted after the visitor\u2019s\ndeparture from the Islands; or\n(b) approved, unless the visitor remained off the Islands during the processing\nof the application.\n(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), the Director may, where in the Director\u2019s\nopinion there exist extenuating circumstances, act in person to consider the\napplication.\n(6) A prospective employer or, where the application is in respect of a person who\nwishes to be self-employed, the applicant, shall satisfy the Director that there\nhas been compliance with paragraph (4)(a) and (b).\n\nRegulation 5\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision)\n\nPage 8\nRevised as at 31st December, 2023\nc\n\n(7) A prospective employer or an applicant who provides information to the\nDirector in relation to paragraph (6), which information the prospective\nemployer or applicant knows to be false or does not believe to be true, commits\nan offence.\n(8) Where the Director refuses an application under this regulation either in whole\nor in part, the Director, shall give the applicant brief reasons for that rejection\nand inform the applicant of the applicant\u2019s rights under regulation 8.\n(9) Failure of the Director to inform an applicant of the right of appeal referred to\nin regulation 8 shall not of itself give rise to a right of appeal and failure to give\nreasons as required by paragraph (8) when first promulgating the Director\u2019s\ndecision to reject an application shall not give rise to such a right of appeal if\nthe Director gives them to the applicant within thirty days of having made the\ndecision.\n5.\nBusiness visitors\u2019 permit\n5.\n(1) Any person carrying on business in or from within the Islands who regularly\nthroughout each year employs persons not legally and ordinarily resident in the\nIslands on a temporary basis, may make a single application in each year to the\nDirector for the issue, in each year, of one or more business visitors\u2019 permits\nand for more than one visit.\n(2) An application for business visitors\u2019 permits shall be in respect of such number\nof persons and visits as the company, partnership or firm wishes to have granted\nand shall contain, in respect of each such person, such information as may be\nrequired by the Director.\n(3) An application shall state the maximum number of times it is desired that each\nbusiness visitor be admitted to the Islands in any one year, the occupation of the\napplicant and the maximum duration of the stay of each business visitor during\neach visit.\n(4) A business visitors\u2019 permit shall not be issued for more than fourteen days on\nany one visit or in respect of a person who is ineligible to be granted a work\npermit by virtue of section 66(1).\n(5) The Director, in considering an application under this regulation, shall take into\naccount such of the matters set out in section 58(2) to (4) as the Director\nconsiders relevant and, when granting business visitors\u2019 permits, may impose\nsuch conditions and limitations as the Director thinks fit.\n\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision)\nRegulation 6\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2023\nPage 9\n\n6.\nTraining and recruitment\n6.\n(1) The Board or the Director may require an applicant for the grant or renewal of\na temporary work permit to provide details of any programme that the applicant\nhas that is designed to ensure that Caymanians are provided with the instructions\nand practical experience necessary to make them fully qualified to carry out the\njob concerned satisfactorily and as expeditiously as possible.\n(2) The absence of such a programme or the failure to implement such a programme\nwithout reasonable cause constitutes a ground for denying the grant or renewal\nof a temporary work permit.\n(3) Where the Director is satisfied that there are insufficient Caymanians, or persons\nlegally and ordinarily resident in the Islands, to meet an expected demand for\npersons to fill jobs in any profession, trade or industry or in relation to a\nparticular project or enterprise, the Director may, in consultation with the Board,\nestablish arrangements with authorities outside the Islands for the selection there\nof persons ready, willing and able to fill those jobs for the purpose of\nrecommending their recruitment to prospective employers within the Islands.\n(4) An application for a temporary work permit involving a person recommended\nin accordance with paragraph (3) shall be given preference by the Board or the\nDirector.\n7.\nFees for work permit and business visitors\u2019 permit\n7.\n(1) The fees set out in the Schedule to the Immigration Regulations (2019 Revision)\nrelating to temporary work permits shall apply for the purposes of these\nRegulations.\n(2) The annual fee, in respect of business visitors\u2019 permits shall be such as are\nprovided under Schedule 1 of the Immigration Regulations (2019 Revision) and\nshall be determined by the number of persons in respect of whom application is\nmade and the number of visits per person in the relevant calendar year.\n8.\nAppeal\n8.\n(1) Any person aggrieved by, or dissatisfied with, a decision of the Director to \u2014\n(a)\nrefuse an application for the grant of a temporary work permit under\nregulation 4; or\n(b) revoke a temporary work permit,\nmay, within seven days of the communication of the decision to that person,\nappeal therefrom to the pertinent Board whose decision shall be final and\nbinding upon the appellant.\n(2) The Board\u2019s decision under paragraph (1) shall, if notice thereof is sent to the\nappellant \u2014\n\nRegulation 8\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision)\n\nPage 10\nRevised as at 31st December, 2023\nc\n\n(a)\nby post, be deemed to have been received by the appellant no later than\nseven days from the date of dispatch; or\n(b) by electronic mail, be deemed to have been received by the appellant no\nlater than twenty-four hours after its transmission.\n(3) Pending the outcome of an appeal under this regulation the prospective worker\nor worker named in the application or on the temporary work permit may be\nallowed to remain in the Islands if the appellant satisfies the Director of Customs\nand Border Control that the appellant is able to support the appellant and the\nappellant\u2019s dependants, if any.\n(4) An appeal under this regulation shall be by notice in writing addressed to the\nSecretary of the pertinent Board and such notice \u2014\n(a)\nshall specify the decision against which the appeal is made; and\n(b) shall be accompanied by a copy of the original application which is the\nsubject of appeal and the prescribed non-refundable fee.\n(5) An appeal under this regulation may be lodged on the ground, or grounds, and\nno other, that the decision in question is \u2014\n(a)\nerroneous in law;\n(b) unreasonable;\n(c)\ncontrary to the principles of natural justice; or\n(d) at variance with the Regulations.\n(6) In this regulation \u201cpertinent Board\u201d means the Work Permit Board except that\nan appeal in respect of a decision in relation to a temporary work permit for\nCayman Brac or Little Cayman shall be heard by the Cayman Brac and Little\nCayman Immigration Board.\n(7) On receipt of a notice of appeal the pertinent Board shall, within fourteen days,\nnotify the Director of the decision against which the appeal is made.\n(8) Upon receipt of a notification under paragraph (7) the Director shall, within a\nreasonable period, deliver to the pertinent Board and the appellant, the reasons\nfor the Director\u2019s or its decision.\n(9) Upon receipt of the reasons referred to in paragraph (8) the appellant shall,\nwithin fourteen days, file the appellant\u2019s detailed grounds of appeal upon which\nthe hearing shall be determined by the pertinent Board and serve a copy of the\ngrounds of appeal on the Director.\n(10) The period within which detailed grounds of appeal must be filed under\nparagraph (9) may be extended at the discretion of the Chairperson of the\npertinent Board upon the request of the appellant for good reason shown in\nwriting.\n\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision)\nRegulation 8\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2023\nPage 11\n\n(11) Upon receipt of the detailed grounds of appeal filed by the appellant under\nparagraph (9) and any subsequent information requested, the pertinent\nBoard may \u2014\n(a)\nif it is satisfied that the appellant has complied with the requirements of\nthis regulation, proceed with a hearing on grounds; or\n(b) if it is satisfied that the appellant has failed to comply with any of the\nrequirements of this regulation, quash the appeal without a hearing on\ngrounds.\n(12) When considering the detailed grounds filed by the appellant under paragraph\n(9), the pertinent Board may request additional information or further particulars\nfrom the appellant.\n(13) At a hearing on grounds as referred to in paragraph (11), the Board shall take\ninto account \u2014\n(a)\nthe reasons provided by the Director under paragraph (8) and all\ninformation that was submitted by the appellant at the time of the\nappellant\u2019s original application; and\n(b) the detailed grounds filed by the appellant under paragraph (9).\n(14) A hearing on grounds under paragraph (11) shall be on the basis of the detailed\ngrounds filed by the appellant under paragraph (9) and neither the parties nor\ntheir representatives shall be present at the hearing.\n(15) Notwithstanding paragraph (14), the pertinent Board may, in its absolute\ndiscretion, call upon either party or any persons as it deems necessary and\nrelevant to address it.\n(16) Where at a hearing on grounds the pertinent Board determines that at least one\nof the grounds contained in paragraph (5) has been made out, the pertinent Board\nshall proceed to a rehearing of the original application which was the subject of\nthe appeal.\n(17) The pertinent Board when rehearing an application under paragraph (16) shall\ndo so by way of a hearing de novo and shall take into account any fresh evidence\nput forward by the appellant or the Director that may have arisen in relation to\nthe parties, which is to be submitted in writing.\n(18) The law in force at the time of the rehearing by the pertinent Board shall govern\nthe proceedings under paragraph (16).\n(19) Neither the appellant nor the appellant\u2019s representative shall be permitted to be\npresent at the rehearing of the original application which shall be based on\nwritten submissions with respect to fresh evidence or changes in circumstances.\n(20) A decision of the pertinent Board shall be notified to the appellant within a\nreasonable period of time.\n\nRegulation 9\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision)\n\nPage 12\nRevised as at 31st December, 2023\nc\n\n(21) A decision under paragraph (11) to quash an appeal shall not in itself give rise\nto a right of appeal.\n(22) Decisions made under this regulation shall be deemed to be administrative and\nnot judicial decisions.\n(23) The fee for an appeal under this regulation shall be one hundred dollars.\n9.\nRepeal\n9.\n(1) The Immigration Regulations (2019 Revision) is amended in regulation 2 by\nrepealing the definition of the words \u201ctemporary work permit\u201d.\n\n(2) Regulation 4(8) of the Immigration Regulations (2019 Revision) is repealed.\n\nPublication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Cabinet this 30th\nday of January, 2024.\n\nKim Bullings\nClerk of the Cabinet.\n\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision)\n\nENDNOTES\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2023\nPage 13\n\nENDNOTES\nTable of Legislation history:\nSL #\nLaw\/Act #\nLegislation\nCommencement\nGazette\n10\/2023\n\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors' Permits) (Amendment) Regulations (Repeal) Regulations,\n2023\n31-Mar-2023 LG12\/2023\/s1\n56\/2022\n Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors' Permits) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022\n14-Dec-2022 LG49\/2022\/s4\n\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors' Permits) (Amendment) Regulations (2022 Revision)\n25-Jan-2022\nLG5\/2022\/s3\n85\/2020\n\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors' Permits) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020\n26-Jun-2020 LG47\/2020\/s2\n\n56\/2020 Citation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020\n3-Dec-2020 LG89\/2020\/s1\n4\/2019\n\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors' Permits) Regulations, 2019\n23-Jan-2019\nGE6\/2019\/s4\n\nTable of Endnote references:\n1 R.4(2)(a)\namended by r.2 of the Immigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors' Permits) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 (Sl 85 of 2020)\n\nENDNOTES\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision)\n\nPage 14\nRevised as at 31st December, 2023\nc\n\nImmigration (Transition) (Temporary Work Permits and Business\nVisitors\u2019 Permits) Regulations (2024 Revision)\n\nENDNOTES\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2023\nPage 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