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The Department of Immigration is to speed up its processing time for applications, the Ministry of Home Affairs has announced. A spokeswoman said Walton Brown, the minister, had met staff to set up “short-term and medium-term plans” to address its ba...

An immigration reform group said last night that its members had “mixed feelings” over a decision to grant British Overseas Territories citizenship to four Uighur Chinese men who have lived in Bermuda for nearly a decade. The statement from the pres...

Four Uighur refugees have been granted citizenship nine years after a secret deal with the United States to give them asylum on the island. The move was welcomed by Ewart Brown, the former premier, who arranged their transfer to Bermuda. The home aff...

Bermudians who plan to study or work in Canada will have to supply extra application information from the end of the year. Bermudians who carry any type of British passport — including British Dependent Territories Citizens — will be required to s...

The crisis involving migrants fleeing violence in Central America, seeking sanctuary in the United States and overwhelming American immigration courts is real. The Obama Administration was flummoxed by it when the numbers of women and unaccompanied ...

Members of the Supporting Fair Immigration Reform group tonight said the Premier’s claim that his party’s 21 electoral pledges have been completed was misleading. David Burt’s Progressive Labour Party promised in its election platform to complete co...

A man who stayed in Bermuda for three days last week is to be put on the country’s stop list after his criminal links were exposed. Ruben Yarzagaray arrived on the island from Canada — but when he flew back he was denied entry to the country on the g...

The individuals behind the “Supporting Fair Immigration Reform” Facebook group and our members applaud Premier David Burt for honouring and recognising the Portuguese community by announcing November 4, 2019 as a public holiday in Bermuda to commemor...

A government board did not use the “required rigour and efficiency” to find records when asked to disclose the minutes of its meetings under a public access to information request, the Information Commissioner has ruled. Gitanjali Gutierrez said in a...

Dear Sir, I must give our premier, David Burt, much credit for his June 1 announcement in the House of Assembly that next year a public holiday will mark the 170th anniversary of the arrival of the first immigrants from Madeira, a move that was welco...

The Department of Immigration reminded British Overseas Territories Citizens’ passport holders today to check their passports before they make travel plans. Immigration officials said people should not book or confirm travel plans unless they have a ...

“When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years?! That sounds like a choice.” These were words spoken by American entertainer Kanye West that speak to the complete lack of knowledge of the true horrors of 500 years of European colonialism ...