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recession.
St. Lucia
Prime Minister Allen Chastanet
recently announced that a new Visa
Application Center for Canada has
opened in St. Lucia.
He said the center is
located at the Leverage
Business Group office at
the bottom of Mongriaud
Hill with “hours of
operation from 7.30 am to 4.30 pm.”
Chastanet said the center will provide
visa services and biometric collection
for persons who require a visa or work /
student permit for Canada.
It means travelers no longer have to
go to Barbados or Trinidad to have the
process done, the prime minister said.
However, he said, “it does not change
the process for Canadian citizens who
need to apply for passports or other
travel documents.”
Trinidad
From 2020 travelers will have shorter
waiting times to be processed at Piarco
International Airport, Trinidad and
ANR Robinson International Airport in
Tobago.
Speaking in the
2019/2020 budget debate
in Parliament recently at
the Parliament Chamber
in Port of Spain, Minister
of Finance, Colm Imbert announced
the elimination of arrival forms at the
two airports.
He said in keeping with international
best practices and the ever-changing
world of technology, “I propose to eliminate
arrival forms at our airports. The
new system will rely on advance passenger
information using machine-readable
passports and other appropriate
technology.”
He noted that this initiative will significantly
reduce the lengthy lines at the
airports as it is aimed to improve the
efficiency of Immigration and Customs.
Imbert also announced that from
Jan. 1, 2020, the value of personal goods
that can be imported without incurring
customs duties would be increased from
TT$3,000 to TT$5,000.
— Compiled by Azad Ali
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