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Resident Status for Parent or Grandparent

Trinidad and TobagoFamily

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Which family relationships qualify?

A parent or grandparent of a citizen or resident of Trinidad and Tobago qualifies.

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Who may sponsor or bring the family member, and what immigration/citizenship status must that person hold?

The relative must be a citizen or resident of Trinidad and Tobago; the Form 6 application asks for the names and addresses of the persons sponsoring the application under section 6.

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  • The clause does not make clear whether 'residing in Trinidad and Tobago' refers to the citizen/resident or to the parent/grandparent.

What is important for proving marriage, partnership, parentage, custody, dependency or another qualifying relationship?

The Form 6 application asks for particulars of the applicant's children (name, date and place of birth, passport) and whether the applicant has children or grandchildren in Trinidad and Tobago who are citizens or residents. The official source does not specify documentary proof of parentage.

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  • No documentary proof of parentage (for example birth certificates) is specified in the captured sources.

What important financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance responsibilities apply?

The qualifying citizen or resident must be willing and able to provide the applicant with care and maintenance.

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How does the application work at a high level, what rights does the family member receive, how long does the status last, and how can it become independent or longer-term where officially stated?

Application is made to the Permanent Secretary on Form 6 and passed to the Minister; a registered resident receives a Form 7 certificate as proof. A resident keeps the right to be admitted while they remain a resident; status is lost after voluntarily living outside Trinidad and Tobago for a continuous year unless a ministerial exemption certificate is obtained. The official source does not state the work rights or other entitlements of the resident.

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  • Work rights and other entitlements of the resident are not stated in the cited provisions.
  • https://laws.gov.tt/ttdll-web/revision/download/105942?type=act
    **22.** A person who is entitled by virtue of section 6(1) of the Act to apply to the Minister for permission to become a resident shall make application to the Permanent Secretary, in the form set out as Form 6, and the Permanent Secretary shall, if he is satisfied that such person is so entitled, submit the application to the Minister.
  • https://laws.gov.tt/ttdll-web/revision/download/105942?type=act
    **23.** The Permanent Secretary shall on the registration of any person as a resident under regulation 19 deliver to such person either personally or by registered post a certificate under his hand in the form set out as Form 7 and such certificate shall be sufficient proof that such person is a resident.
  • https://laws.gov.tt/ttdll-web/revision/download/105942?type=act
    (2) A resident who is not a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, so long as he continues to be a resident, has the right to be admitted into Trinidad and Tobago.
  • https://laws.gov.tt/ttdll-web/revision/download/105942?type=act
    **7.** (1) Subject to subsection (6), resident status is lost by a person— _(a)_ who voluntarily resides outside Trinidad and Tobago for a continuous period of one year, unless he obtains from the Minister a certificate in the prescribed form exempting him from the provisions of this paragraph; or

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

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