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Overseas Missionaries' Permit

Trinidad and TobagoCulture, faith and volunteering

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What exact activity, role or purpose qualifies?

Clergymen, priests or members of a religious order entering, or already present, to carry out their religious duties qualify; they may not enter for those duties without a valid Overseas Missionaries' permit (Form 50).

See recorded sources
  • https://laws.gov.tt/ttdll-web/revision/download/105942?type=act
    _(e)_ clergymen, priests or members of a religious order entering Trinidad and Tobago or who, having entered, are in Trinidad and Tobago in connection with the carrying out of their religious duties in accordance with regulations made in that behalf;
  • https://laws.gov.tt/ttdll-web/revision/download/105942?type=act
    (7) _(a)_ Subject to this regulation, where a person seeking to enter Trinidad and Tobago falls within a category described in section 9(1)( _e)_ of the Act, the immigration officer shall not allow such person to enter Trinidad and Tobago for the purpose of carrying out his religious duties unless he is in possession of a valid Overseas Missionaries’ permit in the form set out as Form 50.

What organisation, institution, religious body, charity, teacher or host must support the activity?

The application for a person entering to preach or teach is made to the Minister by a religious institution or establishment (Form 37, in triplicate); the Minister must be satisfied that the person has been accepted as a religious worker by an institution recognised by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.

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  • https://laws.gov.tt/ttdll-web/revision/download/105942?type=act
    _(b)_ Application for a person seeking to enter and remain in Trinidad and Tobago for the purpose of preaching or teaching in a religious institution or establishment shall be made in triplicate to the Minister for an Overseas Missionaries’ permit in the form set out as Form 37 by a religious institution or establishment.
  • https://laws.gov.tt/ttdll-web/revision/download/105942?type=act
    (i) the person seeking to enter and remain in Trinidad and Tobago has been accepted as a religious worker by a religious institution or establishment recognised as such by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago;

What proves the placement, role, affiliation, experience or cultural/religious/voluntary activity?

A person entering to speak at a religious gathering must prove to the Minister that a specific written invitation exists from a religious institution or establishment recognised by the Government, or another recognised body or authority. The official source does not state other documents proving acceptance as a religious worker.

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  • No documents are listed for proving acceptance as a religious worker (other than the institution's application).
  • https://laws.gov.tt/ttdll-web/revision/download/105942?type=act
    (ii) the person seeking to enter Trinidad and Tobago for the purpose of speaking at any religious gathering proves to the satisfaction of the Minister that there is in existence a specific written invitation from a religious institution or establishment recognised as such by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago or other recognised body or authority.

Can the person receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement? Can they undertake other work?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether pay, pocket money, accommodation or other work is allowed.

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Limits of the record
  • The checked official provisions do not establish whether salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement may be received, or whether other work is permitted.

How long can they stay, can they change host/activity, can family accompany, and can the status be extended?

The permit regulation does not apply to people entering to carry out religious duties for no more than thirty days. Holders must comply with the permit's terms; the Minister may cancel it if the person does not start work at, or ceases to be kept by, the designated institution. Form 37 covers applications for entry or extension of stay. The official source does not state a maximum permit period or family accompaniment rules.

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Limits of the record
  • No maximum permit period, change-of-host procedure or family accompaniment rule is stated.

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

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