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OECS Free Movement - Indefinite Stay

Saint LuciaFree movement

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the citizenship, status or regional agreement that creates the right to move or reside.

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  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (NAO_SUSTENTA: Citation 2 is a bare list of names: the sentence labelling them 'seven (7) Protocol Member States' (source line 17) is not cited, and 'Article 12 of the Protocol' appears in no citation, so the prior defect persists.)

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

Citizens of Protocol Member States and their family members have an indefinite-stay basis of residence. Citizens and a third-country spouse can work in any Protocol Member State without obtaining a work permit. The official source does not provide separate residence-basis rules for workers, self-employed persons, students, jobseekers or self-funded persons.

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  • The captured material does not separately define or list conditions for workers, self-employed persons, students, jobseekers or self-funded persons.
  • The source does not state whether a person must be economically active or satisfy another residence-basis test beyond the citizenship or family relationship described.

What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

Protocol Member State citizens may travel within the ECEU with a valid government-issued ID, including a driver’s licence, national identification card or voter card. Citizens and their spouse and dependants receive an OECS Free Movement Indefinite Stay Stamp upon arrival. The official source does not provide further registration procedures or document requirements.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured material does not specify whether the listed forms of government-issued identification are sufficient for every traveller or situation.
  • No registration deadline, residence-card procedure, application process, fee or complete document checklist is stated.
  • The source refers to formalities for third-country family members but does not set them out.

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

The spouse and dependants of a Protocol Member State citizen, including family members of third-country nationality, are covered. A third-country spouse may work without a work permit, and the spouse and dependants have equal access to numerous employment, education, healthcare and social-protection rights in the host Protocol Member State.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured source does not specify the formal evidence required for a third-country spouse or dependent to accompany or join.
  • The source describes broad rights but does not provide detailed implementation rules or limitations for each right.

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

Citizens have an indefinite right to live in any Protocol Member State, evidenced on arrival by an OECS Free Movement Indefinite Stay Stamp; this is an indefinite-stay/free-movement mechanism, not a visa. The official source does not provide separate permanent-residence timing rules or continuity, absence or retention conditions.

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  • The source describes indefinite stay but does not state when a separate permanent or long-term status legally arises.
  • No continuity-of-residence requirement is provided.
  • No permitted-absence period, retention rule, loss rule or re-acquisition rule is provided.
  • The captured material does not establish whether the indefinite-stay stamp is evidence of a permanent status or a different residence mechanism.

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

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