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Defence Personnel Permitted Entry

Trinidad and TobagoSpecial cases

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

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

A permitted-entry class under section 9(1) of the Immigration Act: an immigration officer may allow entry, on conditions and for periods fit for the case, of persons who come for training or otherwise in connection with Trinidad and Tobago's defence and security interests.

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

Access can also be triggered by entry under the provisions of a treaty or agreement between Trinidad and Tobago and another country.

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

Entry into Trinidad and Tobago must be approved by the Minister.

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

Entry is allowed on conditions and for periods an immigration officer considers fit for the case. Defence personnel are expressly excluded from the section 9(2) certificate that states a specified period and terms and conditions for other permitted entrants. The Act does not state how long defence personnel may stay or what happens when the qualifying defence, training or treaty purpose ends.

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Limits of the record
  • The Act does not state how long defence personnel may stay or what happens when the qualifying defence, training or treaty purpose ends.

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

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