Crystal Shantal Hamilton, a Jamaican national who arrived in Antigua in February last year, has been fined for breaching Antigua and Barbuda’s immigration laws.
Court records show that Hamilton applied for and received two extensions, with the last one expiring on January 15 this year.
Despite being advised that she must leave the country upon the second extension, she failed to do so but instead presented herself to the Extension Unit at the Immigration Department last Friday.
Upon examination of her passport, it was discovered that she had tampered with the original stamp, changing the expiry date from January to September 15, 2023.
Hamilton was arrested and charged with uttering a falsified permit, falsifying a permit, and remaining in the state illegally.
She pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay $10,000 within 14 days or serve six months in prison.
Additionally, she was fined $4,000 for remaining in the state illegally, to be paid within 14 days or serve four months in prison.
The default sentences will run concurrently.
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Just deport the woman, where is she going to get money to pay that fine? Tap Antigua for another 6 months.
They waiting on her to get pregnant…… just saying.
👀👁️🙄🥺😳🙈😱!
We are a country of laws
Most definitely a country of laws and if and when a law is broken there are consequences. This person got themselves into this predicament and pleaded guilty. They now have options to extricate themselves and return to their native land.
It is HIGH TIME THESE JAMAICANS RESPECT ANTIGUANS AND ANTIGUAN LAWS ….. she should have paid the fines then deported ……… DEPORT HER AND STOP GIVING THEM ACESS TO ANTIGUA PERIOD …. Go to ur big crime poverty infested BIG COUNTRY
JAMAICANS GO EVERY WHERE AND HAS NO RESPECT FOR THEMSELVES OR THE LAWS OF SMALL ISLANDS …..as they call us.
THEY THINK THEN CAN AND WILL DEFY LAWS … as a matter of fact they think they are above the law …. They look at ANTIGUA as a whatever island ….
Gaston it’s time YOU STOP THEM FROM ENTERING ANTIGUA
Please deport her and send the bill to the Jamaican government. Let the Jamaican government work out how to get the money from its criminal citizen. Thankfully she didn’t give birth to a child here which would easily give her rights by extensions due to the weak immigration laws of Antigua.
Mr. Byam my fren, what say you?
The logic is to deport the woman the island don’t money to house prisoners.. plus time in jail cost more than deportation.. just saying to the educated fools….
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