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CARICOM Enhanced Cooperation — Full Free Movement

Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesFree movement

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Which citizenship, status or regional agreement creates the person's right to move/reside?

The Enhanced Cooperation Protocol to the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas creates this full-free-movement arrangement for nationals of Barbados, Belize, Dominica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines among those four participating states.

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  • CARICOM announcement, legal basis paragraph
    This arrangement falls under the Enhanced Cooperation Protocol to the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas which provides for groups of at least three CARICOM Member States to pursue deeper regional integration efforts among themselves, with the option for other Member States to join later.

Under which circumstances can the person reside: worker, self-employed, student, jobseeker, self-funded person or another recognised basis?

Nationals of the four participating states may travel to any of the other participating states to reside, work and remain indefinitely. The arrangement also states rights of access to emergency and primary health care and to public primary and secondary education for their children.

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  • CARICOM announcement, substantive-rights paragraph
    Nationals from these four countries will be able to travel to any of these four countries to reside, work and remain indefinitely, with the right to access emergency and primary health care as well as public primary and secondary education for their children.

What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

Registration systems have been established for incoming nationals so they can access education and healthcare and so agencies can plan for demand. The official source does not state the exact registration steps, documents or deadlines.

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  • Exact registration procedure, documents and deadlines are not established by the official material reviewed.
  • CARICOM announcement, Registration section
    Systems have been established to allow for registration of incoming nationals, enabling access to services such as education and healthcare, and allowing national agencies to plan for any increased demand.

Which non-member-country family members can accompany or join, and what broad rights do they receive?

Children of moving nationals have rights of access to public primary and secondary education. The official source does not identify which non-participating-country family members may accompany or join, or establish derivative entry, residence or work rights for them.

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Limits of the record
  • Family-member categories, accompany-or-join procedure and derivative entry, residence and work rights are not established by the captured official announcement.
  • CARICOM announcement, substantive-rights paragraph
    Nationals from these four countries will be able to travel to any of these four countries to reside, work and remain indefinitely, with the right to access emergency and primary health care as well as public primary and secondary education for their children.

When do permanent/long-term rights arise and what continuity, absence or retention conditions matter?

Nationals of the four participating states may remain indefinitely under this full-free-movement arrangement. The official source does not establish a separate permanent-residence acquisition rule or continuity, absence or retention conditions.

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Limits of the record
  • Separate permanent-status acquisition and continuity, absence or retention conditions are not established by the official material reviewed.
  • CARICOM announcement, substantive-rights paragraph
    Nationals from these four countries will be able to travel to any of these four countries to reside, work and remain indefinitely, with the right to access emergency and primary health care as well as public primary and secondary education for their children.

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

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