{"id":247681,"date":"2025-08-26T12:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=247681"},"modified":"2025-08-26T12:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:14:08","slug":"immigration-chief-urges-2022-amnesty-applicants-to-complete-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/immigration-chief-urges-2022-amnesty-applicants-to-complete-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Chief Urges 2022 Amnesty Applicants to Complete Process"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Chief Immigration Officer, Katrina Yearwood, has urged participants of the 2022 Immigration Amnesty Programme to return to the department and finalize their applications, warning that many remain in legal limbo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The programme attracted more than 3,000 applicants, who were issued acknowledgment cards at registration. However, Yearwood said many misunderstood the cards as proof of legal status. \u201cThey thought that when they received the card, the card automatically gave them a passport or automatically gave them residency,\u201d she told Observer.<\/p>

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Instead, the cards served only as evidence of participation, with applicants still required to lodge formal requests for citizenship or residency. Yearwood said the misconception has left some individuals without legal status for over a year, with the risk that they may now need another amnesty opportunity.<\/p>

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She stressed that no new applications are being accepted and warned that further delays could deepen the applicants\u2019 legal difficulties.<\/p>\n

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