A register is already kept (now are people reviewing said register...?) at the OPM, inclusive of proposed time domiciled in the Bahamas. You can re-register your home, but the beneficial owner on record is still required to be a "natural person". Changing from John Doe to XYC company does not shield you. I agree, sadly, with your first sentence.
Could not agree more! The Tribune is, at best, disingenuous and, at worst sleezy and insidious, by continuing to proclaim that this young lady is stateless. She is not. Tribune, I know you only exist to enthusiastically champion the cause of all things FNM, but, hell, you could at least pretend to want to care about respectable journalism.
Or, he/she really could be a 'hardcore' FNM, who really thought that this iteration of the FNM actually represented positive change for the country...only to be severely disappointed. As, it appears, are most people.
infoseeker, admittedly I posted my comments before reading yours. So, you are asserting that she is unable to receive a Haitian passport due to the fact that both of her parents have Bahamian passports? Ok, fair enough...thank you for the clarification.
I ask this question out of ignorance, and I stand very much to be corrected. But, isn't the Tribune headline wrong? To the best that I understand our law, this by all accounts wonderful young lady does have a status. She is a Haitian citizen and can receive a Haitian passport at any time. Is this not accurate? The issue here isn't "status", its that she wants a Bahamian passport, no? And, for the record, I am not attempting to argue whether her current immigration status should be the case, I am just pointing out that the only reason she is "without status" is because she does not have a Haitian passport, that she is eligible to receive at any moment. Again, if I am wrong, please correct me.
Interestingly, even the Tribune and its merry band of FNM apologists, who resoundingly champion even the most nonsensical FNM decisions, have kept their collective sycophantic mouths shout on this decision. Extremely shortsighted move on the part of the government.
tetelestai says...
A register is already kept (now are people reviewing said register...?) at the OPM, inclusive of proposed time domiciled in the Bahamas.
You can re-register your home, but the beneficial owner on record is still required to be a "natural person". Changing from John Doe to XYC company does not shield you.
I agree, sadly, with your first sentence.
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tetelestai says...
Because, Birdie, we all know what the agenda is here...a Bahamian passport.
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tetelestai says...
Could not agree more! The Tribune is, at best, disingenuous and, at worst sleezy and insidious, by continuing to proclaim that this young lady is stateless. She is not. Tribune, I know you only exist to enthusiastically champion the cause of all things FNM, but, hell, you could at least pretend to want to care about respectable journalism.
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tetelestai says...
Or, he/she really could be a 'hardcore' FNM, who really thought that this iteration of the FNM actually represented positive change for the country...only to be severely disappointed. As, it appears, are most people.
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tetelestai says...
Point taken.
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tetelestai says...
infoseeker, admittedly I posted my comments before reading yours. So, you are asserting that she is unable to receive a Haitian passport due to the fact that both of her parents have Bahamian passports? Ok, fair enough...thank you for the clarification.
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tetelestai says...
I ask this question out of ignorance, and I stand very much to be corrected. But, isn't the Tribune headline wrong? To the best that I understand our law, this by all accounts wonderful young lady does have a status. She is a Haitian citizen and can receive a Haitian passport at any time. Is this not accurate? The issue here isn't "status", its that she wants a Bahamian passport, no? And, for the record, I am not attempting to argue whether her current immigration status should be the case, I am just pointing out that the only reason she is "without status" is because she does not have a Haitian passport, that she is eligible to receive at any moment. Again, if I am wrong, please correct me.
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tetelestai says...
Not only will he win, but he will win resoundingly!
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tetelestai says...
Interestingly, even the Tribune and its merry band of FNM apologists, who resoundingly champion even the most nonsensical FNM decisions, have kept their collective sycophantic mouths shout on this decision.
Extremely shortsighted move on the part of the government.
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tetelestai says...
"Put life vests on them and toss them overboard 7 miles north of Haiti." The is just vile utter nonsense...
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