Providenciales, 10 Aug 2015 – The House of Assembly will soon have the opportunity to consider an amendment to the Immigration Bill which should protect abused spouses of Turks and Caicos Islanders.
It has long been an issue that these multi-national marriages, which end in chaos, can lead to alleged unfair treatment of the foreign partner. It seems the PNP Administration is moving to level the playing field with a change that would make it perfectly legally for a foreign partner to remain in the country.
Those Cabinet minutes explained: “The effect of this Bill is to amend the definition of “gainful occupation” and to make provision for the foreign spouses of TCI Status-holders to continue to work in the Islands in circumstances where they are no longer living together with their spouse because said spouse have treated them cruelly, causing them hardships.”
