The Office of the Supervisor of Elections is reminding members of the public of the upcoming August 29 deadline to register to vote or transfer their  registration to be included on the 2025 Preliminary Voters List.

In accordance with section 2(2) of the Virgin Islands Constitution Order, 2007 an individual must be a Belonger, 18 years of age or older, and domiciled in the Virgin Islands to be able to vote.

Persons must present a Virgin Islands Passport, with embossed seal, a Belonger Card or Belonger Certificate to register. A Naturalisation Certificate can also be used, provided the certificate is dated before June 15th, 2007.

Further, section 17(1) of the Elections (Amendment) Act No. 14 of 2011 states:

A registered voter who is ordinarily resident in the Virgin Islands and who moves his or her place of residence from within one local electoral district or polling division to another, may have his or her name transferred to the list of voters for the local electoral district or polling division to which he or she has moved, if he or she applies on Form No. 9 and establishes, to the satisfaction of the Supervisor of Elections, proof of residence within the local electoral district or polling division to which he or she has moved’.

Persons who have moved from their place of residence and wish to be transferred are encouraged to apply for a transfer. Documents to support a transfer can be in the form of cable, water, electricity or telephone bills, a rent receipt, lease agreement or a notarised document stating the new address.

Registration and transfer forms are available at the Office of the Supervisor of Elections, Road Town Post Office, the District Offices on Anegada and Virgin Gorda and the Government Office on Jost Van Dyke. Additionally, these forms are accessible online at

http://www.bvi.gov.vg/departments/office-supervisor-elections under the services tab.

For further information, contact the Office of the Supervisor of Elections at 284-468-4380 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The office is located at Creque’s Building, #216 Upper Main Street, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands