Business owners are notified that effective immediately, work permit applications submitted to the Department of Labour and Workforce Development must be accompanied by copies of their 2020 Trade Licenses.

All employers operating on the Festival Grounds during the upcoming BVI Emancipation Festival are reminded that they are to apply for and obtain a work permit for any non-Belonger/non-BVIslander that they may wish to employ. 

Plans are in place to conduct a soft launch of the Work Permit Prototype-Online System on approximately 32 cross sectoral companies registered in the Virgin Islands.