Anguilla

Employee work permit. Anguilla’s Labour Department accepts employee work-permit applications after a vacancy is advertised.

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Employee work permit

Employment under an issued Anguilla employee permit; entry and lawful stay need separate confirmation.

Who qualifies

The vacancy must be advertised before filing. The application includes the advertisement, employer social-security status, business licence, tax clearance and the applicant’s passport and birth certificate.
Government of Anguilla: Labour work-permit procedure
The applicant also supplies a police record covering ten years, qualification certificates, a recent medical report and four photos.
Government of Anguilla: Labour work-permit procedure

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Do you have a binding job offer in that country?

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Time: Processing starts after the authority accepts a complete application; travel and work begin only after the required permission issues.
Cost: The Labour Department lists an EC$100 processing fee plus a position fee based on the profession and qualifications.
The hard part: Completing the advertised-vacancy and employer-clearance file alongside ten-year police evidence.

Citizens by 2038.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

2027
First residence permit
1 year, renewable for 1 year at a time.
2028
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2029
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2030
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2031
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2032
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2033
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2034
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2035
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2036
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2037
Permanent residence
Ten years of legal residence shown through passports, work permits, school or job letters, with police, medical, bank, tax-clearance and local-reference evidence. Employment still needs a work permit after the application.
2037
Apply for citizenship
With a language test.
2038
Citizenship

Language: Sufficient English; Anguilla may require an oral and written language test.
Time away: BOTC naturalisation requires five lawful years, at most 450 days away and at most 90 days away in the final year, with no immigration time limit throughout that final year. The ordinary worker therefore first needs permanent residence. A new BOTC may then register as a British citizen.
Two passports: Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Renewed lawful work permits build the ten-year evidence for permanent residence; settled status, not the work permit alone, is needed when applying for BOTC naturalisation.
How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.

The law behind these dates

Living there.

Time you must spend there: The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax: Where you become tax resident follows the days you spend there and where your home is. We map it for your family before you move.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

Start today.

Collect Anguilla’s employee permit form at the Labour Department.Open gov.ai ↗
Gather these documents.
- The signed job offer, salary, and recognized qualifications
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health cover for the move

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