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House: hundreds apply for Bermuda status

Source: Royal Gazette, 16/12/2015

There have been 765 applications for Bermuda status since a Supreme
Court ruling that opened the way for certain holders of Permanent
Residents` Certificates, the House of Assembly heard.

To date, 215 have been approved, according to Sylvan Richards, the
Junior Minister of Home Affairs, responding to parliamentary questions
from Opposition MP Walter Roban.

The applications were made under section 20(2)(b) of the Immigration
and Protection Act 1956. They follow a May 2014 ruling by the Chief
Justice on the case of Rebecca Carne and Antonio Correia.

The two had been granted the right to appeal the ministry`s denial of
status, after taking their case to the independent Immigration Appeals
Tribunal.

Applications from eligible PRCs were subsequently accepted by the
Department of Immigration, although initially there were delays in
processing them.

According to figures provided last year by the Ministry of Home
Affairs, 1,455 PRCs are eligible, with potentially about 200 of their
children also having a case for Bermuda status.

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