Caribbean360: Jamaicans, Guyanese face visa restrictions

Jamaicans, Guyanese face visa restrictions
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Chris Hoyos on 23/03/2011 12:56:00
 
PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten, Wednesday March 23, 2011 – Two weeks after announcing
the expansion of the list of countries whose citizens would need visas, Justice
Minister Roland Duncan has confirmed that Guyanese and Jamaicans will be among
them.
A decision that Guyana and Jamaica would be included in the list was made by the
Council of Ministers.
No date for that to take effect has been given yet, however.
“There is a legal process to be followed. We have informed the Kingdom
partners, including Curacao and Aruba and we are still busy informing other
parties like the airlines,” Duncan said.
However, he stressed that while there will be requirements to enter the country,
“we will not make it more difficult for people to visit the island”.
St Maarten currently has a visa requirement in place for nationals of the
Dominican Republic and Haiti.
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