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CARICOM Skills Certificate (Skilled National)

DominicaFree movement

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Which citizenship, status or regional agreement creates the person's right to move/reside?

Free movement is granted to approved categories of CARICOM skilled nationals: university graduates, media workers, sportspersons, artistes and musicians (approved in 2001 under Article 45 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas); nurses, teachers and artisans with a CVQ (approved by the Conference of Heads of Government in 2006); domestic workers (2009); and agriculture workers and private security officers (approved at the 18th Special Meeting, December 2018).

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  • The captured CARICOM page does not mention the CARICOM Skills Certificate document itself nor how Dominica implements the regime.

Under which circumstances can the person reside: worker, self-employed, student, jobseeker, self-funded person or another recognised basis?

The certificate is used to reside and work in another CARICOM Member State; the arrangement gives access to employment. The official source does not state other residence bases such as self-employment, study, job-seeking or self-funded residence.

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  • Other bases (self-employment, study, job-seeking, self-funded residence) are not stated.

What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

In Dominica the certificate is applied for with a checklist: qualification evidence (university degree, diploma, professional certificate, 2 A Levels or CAPE, or a letter of endorsement for artists, musicians, media workers or sports personnel), a birth certificate, a marriage certificate if applicable, three passport-size pictures, passport bio-data pages and an EC$100 application fee. The certificate must then be verified by the competent authority in the host CARICOM Member State. The official source does not state the entry formalities or any residence document issued in the host state.

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  • Entry formalities at the border and any residence document issued in the host state are not stated.

Which non-member-country family members can accompany or join, and what broad rights do they receive?

The Dominica application asks for a list of dependants with proof of their relationship to the applicant. The official source does not state which family members, including non-CARICOM nationals, may accompany or join, or what rights they receive.

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  • The source does not say which family members (including non-CARICOM nationals) may accompany or join, nor what rights they receive.

When do permanent/long-term rights arise and what continuity, absence or retention conditions matter?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm when permanent rights arise and the continuity or absence rules.

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  • Searched 9419e0faece8e1d6.txt for validity, indefinite/permanent stay, absence or retention conditions: not mentioned.

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

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