By Zoila Palma: During Friday’s Sitting of the House of Representatives, Minister of Immigration Kareem Musa introduced 2 amendments to the Immigration act that seeks to introduce Investor residency permits.
“These bills-and in particular, the Immigration Amendment Bill-has several objectives, one of which is to include the Labour Commissioner as a member of the Visa Vetting Committee, because currently she does not sit on that committee.
And a lot of the factors and considerations that are deliberated on this committee are whether or not… are the individuals seeking visas are going to be applying likewise for labour permits, and so those two things are interconnected. So having her on that Visa Vetting Committee will be extremely important,” Musa said.
Minister Musa added that the bill also seeks to allow the Director to issue Temporary Employment Visas for three particular industries-mainly the agriculture-agribusiness sector, construction, and hospitality industries.
“Because we find that these are particular areas or sectors that have a significant labour shortage. Of course, the consideration will always be that we find Belizeans to fill the vacant posts, but in the event there are no Belizeans, we have to look outside to fill these vacancies. This bill seeks to introduce an investor permit for investor residency. As you know, Belize is competing in an increasingly global market for capital, talent, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and a well-structured residency by investment program would give Belize another tool to attract qualified investors who can establish businesses, support development, create employment, and contribute meaningfully to our economy,” Musa explained.
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By Zoila Palma: During Friday’s Sitting of the House of Representatives, Minister of Immigration Kareem Musa introduced 2 amendments to the Immigration act that seeks to introduce Investor residency permits. “These bills-and in particular, the Immigration Amendment Bill-has several objectives, one of which is to include the Labour Commissioner as a member of the Visa
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