01Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?
This route is for a national of a Member State seeking to exercise in Trinidad and Tobago the right of establishment under the Caribbean Community (Movement of Factors) Act.
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02What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?
The applicant must document a real enterprise through a business plan, financial-resource evidence and majority CARICOM ownership.
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- item 7
Business Plan
- item 12
Bank Statements/Evidence of Financial Resources
- item 13
more than 50% owned by a CARICOM National
03What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?
The current checklist requires bank statements or other evidence of financial resources but does not itself state a numerical investment or capital minimum.
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- item 12
Bank Statements/Evidence of Financial Resources
04What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?
Nationals exercising Movement of Factors rights are exempt from the work-permit regulation; the spouse and immediate dependent family members of the national establishing an economic enterprise are to be allowed entry. The official source does not state restrictions on the business activities the holder may carry out.
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Limits of the record- The captured sources do not state restrictions on the business activities the holder may carry out.
05What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?
Extension applications must be submitted three months before the Work Permit Exemption expires.
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Limits of the record- The checked sources do not state a standard grant length or a route to long-term residence.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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