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Resident Diplomat Status

BahamasSpecial cases

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What exactly is the official special programme/status and why does it exist?

Resident Diplomat status is granted by the Bahamas Department of Immigration to diplomats and consular officers taking up post in The Bahamas for official government business; the application is made in the prescribed form through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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  • Diplomats
    Diplomats Diplomats/Consular Officers taking up post in The Bahamas for official government business may make application in the prescribed form through The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to be endowed with resident Diplomat status.

Which specific population, role, circumstance or historical/legal situation does it cover?

It covers diplomats and consular officers taking up post in The Bahamas for official government business, and their dependants, for whom the same documents are required.

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  • Diplomats
    Diplomats/Consular Officers taking up post in The Bahamas for official government business may make application in the prescribed form through The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to be endowed with resident Diplomat status.
  • Application Requirement Checklist:
    Please be advised that the same documents are required for dependents

What circumstance, event, relationship, nomination, invitation or status activates access?

Access is triggered by taking up a post in The Bahamas for official government business, combined with accreditation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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  • Diplomats
    Diplomats/Consular Officers taking up post in The Bahamas for official government business may make application in the prescribed form through The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to be endowed with resident Diplomat status.
  • Please note that:
    3. Persons applying for diplomatic status should be accredited by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

What sponsor, authority, nomination, certification, evidence or other step must occur before the status can be obtained?

The application is made in the prescribed form through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and must be accompanied by a letter of request from that Ministry; the checklist also states that applicants for diplomatic status should be accredited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Limits of the record
  • The checklist says applicants 'should be accredited' rather than stating accreditation as a mandatory condition, so the document does not settle whether it is obligatory.
  • The document does not say whether the accreditation must be in place before the application is submitted.
  • Diplomats
    Diplomats/Consular Officers taking up post in The Bahamas for official government business may make application in the prescribed form through The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to be endowed with resident Diplomat status.
  • Application Requirement Checklist:
    Letter of request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Please note that:
    3. Persons applying for diplomatic status should be accredited by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

What immigration status and rights result, how long do they last, can family be included, and what happens if the special qualifying circumstance ends?

The applicant is endowed with resident Diplomat status, and the same documents are required for dependants. The official source does not state how long the status lasts, what rights it carries or what happens when the diplomatic posting ends.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not state how long resident Diplomat status lasts or whether it is renewed.
  • The document does not state what rights the status carries, in particular whether the holder or a dependant may work.
  • The document does not say what happens to the status, or to dependants, when the diplomatic posting ends.
  • Diplomats
    Diplomats/Consular Officers taking up post in The Bahamas for official government business may make application in the prescribed form through The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to be endowed with resident Diplomat status.
  • Application Requirement Checklist:
    Please be advised that the same documents are required for dependents

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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