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Prohibited Caribbean skilled persons

Cap. 17:02, s. 5 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Subject to sub-section (2), an immigration officer shall not permit a Caribbean skilled person, the spouse or any dependant of the Caribbean skilled person, to land in Belize if that Caribbean skilled person– (a) is likely, if he enters Belize, to become a charge on public funds; (b) is a person of unsound mind or a mentally defective person; (c) is, on the basis of available information communicated to the Minister, suffering from a communicable disease which makes his entry into Belize dangerous; (d) is, from information or advice, which in the opinion of the Minister is reliable information or advice, deemed by the Minister to be an undesirable inhabitant of or visitor to, Belize; and (e) is a subject of a deportation order in force under the Deportation (British Subjects) Act. CAP. 107. (2) Notwithstanding sub-section (1), it shall be lawful for the Minister to exempt any Caribbean skilled person from the provisions of paragraphs (a) to (e) of sub-section (1).

Amended by: 29 of 2020

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