PM calls for self-reliance amid US visa pause

US Visa Pause Leaves Caribbean Governments Seeking Clarity - The Caribbean Camera

US Immigration decision leaves Caribbean officials waiting Caribbean governments are seeking clarity after reports that the United States has included at least 11 CARICOM countries among 75 nations affected by a temporary pause on immigrant visa processing. Bahamas’s Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, The Bahamas and St Vincent and the Grenadines, all named in the reported policy shift, have said they have not re…

PM calls for self-reliance amid US visa pause

Prime Minister Philip J Pierre has called on Saint Lucians to focus on sustainability and self-reliance, urging the country to use what it already has to depend less on any single market, as he addressed concerns surrounding the United States’ decision to pause immigrant visa applications from Saint Lucia. Responding to questions at this week’s pre cabinet press briefing, Pierre said it was unreasonable to expect Caribbean leaders to explain or …