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Official or Diplomatic Permitted Entry

Trinidad and TobagoSpecial cases

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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 the listed persons to enter on conditions and for periods fit for the particular case.

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Limits of the record
  • The Act does not state a separate policy rationale for this class.

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

Diplomatic or consular officers, and duly accredited representatives or officials of any country, of the United Nations or its agencies, or of an inter-governmental organisation in which Trinidad and Tobago participates; members of their suites or families are also covered.

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

Entry is to carry out official duties in Trinidad and Tobago or to pass through in transit.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the steps or approvals needed before the status can be obtained.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched the Act and Regulations for an application, nomination or certification step for officials; the Act only describes them as 'duly accredited' (inside the R2 citation) and states no separate prior step.

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 particular case, and members of the officials' suites or families are also covered. Officials and diplomats 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 the admission lasts or what happens when the official posting or transit ends.

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Limits of the record
  • The Act does not state how long the admission lasts or what happens when the official posting or transit ends; family inclusion is cited in R2.

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

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