PRC - Primary and Secondary School

Permanent Residence status is an immigration status in the Islands that allows the person named on a Permanent Residence Certificate (PRC) to reside without restrictions on the length of time he or she can remain in the islands, and in some instances to work.

There are several ways or routes to acquire permanent residency.

You entered the islands before the age of 7 and completed Primary and Secondary school in the islands

1. Copy of passports or other documents that clearly show you entered the islands before the age of seven, **and** 2. School letters confirming attendance and dates of attendance.

Note: You do not qualify if you have not completed secondary school . You also do not qualify if there were any breaks in attending school here in the islands (for example if you went overseas for some of those years).

**A. You are of good character and in good health**

3. Is below the age of twenty-one years on the date of application

Primary and Secondary School Route - Fee $5,000 Immigration Regulations 13(2) (b)

**Submission of Application**$150 each time an application is submitted (either original application or application to endorse) **Non-refundable**<br>**Main Applicant**$5,000 of which $4,000  **is refundable if doesn’t qualify or not approved.**

If granted, the applicant will have permission to work.

Except where authorised by an endorsement on his Certificate, the person has, subsequent to the grant of the Certificate, ordinarily resided outside the Islands for a continuous period of five years or more.