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Work Permit Grant Fees - Cayman Brac & Little Cayman

Schedule of Work Permit Fees

Application for the grant or renewal of a work permit$50 per application

General

In respect of the following categories of persons employed in Grand Cayman, other than:
  • the spouse of a Caymanian;
  • the surviving spouse of a Caymanian, who has not remarried a non-Caymanian; or
  • a person specified in subparagraph (2),

the fee payable for the grant or renewal of a work permit is-

(1)(a) minister of religion nil
(b) teacher or teacher’s aid (including nursery school teacher or nursery school teacher’s aid ) nil
(c) person (including nurse) working for a non-profit cultural, educational or charitable body nil
(d) nurse, working for any body other than a body referred to in 413 p.a.
(e) person working in the Cayman Islands Hyperbaric Chamber 75 p.a.
(2)domestic, manual or unskilled worker 150 p.a.
(3)worker in agriculture (other than manual or unskilled worker) 225 p.a.
(4)(a) secretary 825 p.a.
* (b) executive secretary 1,875 p.a.
(5)clerk (including sales clerk) 413 p.a.
(6)* skilled tradesman 975 p.a.
(7)administrator, including non-professional supervisor, other person in an occupation for which a technical qualification (not including a professional qualification) is required, and real estate sales person 2,063 p.a.
(8)* non-professional manager 3,000 p.a.
(9)* professional manager and person occupying a position for which a professional qualification is required (including chartered accountant, banker, surveyor, doctor, engineer or any other professional or professional manager) 5,625 p.a.
(10)* chief executive officer, general manager or managing director for which a professional qualification is required 113,125 p.a.
(11)artist 225 p.a.

Tourism and Service Industries

In respect of persons employed in Grand Cayman in, or in relation to, the provision of supplies, services, amenities or facilities for tourists or the tourist industry (including the provision by way of trade or business of accommodation, food, drink, entertainment or other supplies, services, amenities or facilities), the fee payable for the grant or renewal of a work

(1) * (a) kitchen helper, housekeeper, laundress 188 p.a.
* (b) gardener, boat deck hand or beach attendant 188 p.a.
(2) (a) front desk clerk 330 p.a.
(b) golf pro-shop cart attendant 330 p.a.
(3) food and beverage server 413 p.a.
(4) front desk supervisor 495 p.a.
(5) bartender 975 p.a.
(6) * (a) activities camp co-ordinator or director 1,125 p.a.
* (b) (i) boat captain 1,125 p.a
* (ii) dive master, dive instructor or scuba diver 1,125 p.a
* (iii) submarine narrator or diver 1,125 p.a
* (c)(i) para sailor 1,125 p.a
* (ii) boat mechanic 1,125 p.a
* (d) (i) sous chef or skilled cook 1,125 p.a
* (ii) maitre d’hôtel 1,125 p.a
(7) (a) executive housekeeper 1,238 p.a.
(b) greens keeper 1,238 p.a.
(c) landscaper 1,238 p.a.
(8) (a) submarine pilot 1,650 p.a.
(b) executive chef (restaurant) 1,650 p.a.
(c) rooms division supervisor 1,650 p.a.
(d) night auditor or administrator 1,650 p.a.
(9) * non-professional including restaurant and rooms division manager 2,475 p.a.
(10) * (a) executive chef (hotel) 4,500 p.a.
* (b) food and beverage director, rooms executive, engineering director, human resources director or controller 4,500 p.a.
(11) * hotel general manager (i) up to 50 rooms - $4,125 p.a.
(ii) over 50 rooms - $5,250 p.a.

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Construction Industry

In respect of the following categories of persons employed in Grand Cayman in the construction industry, the fee payable for the grant or renewal of a work permit is:

(1)*(a) carpenter’s help 282 p.a.
*(b) mason’s help 282 p.a.
*(c) labourer 282 p.a.
*(d) any other unskilled worker 282 p.a.
(2)*(a) air-conditioner mechanic or technician 1,125 p.a.
* (b) cabinet maker1,125 p.a.
*(c) carpenter1,125 p.a.
* (d) electrician1,125 p.a.
*(e) glazier1,125 p.a.
* (f) (i) heavy equipment operator1,125 p.a.
* (ii) truck driver1,125 p.a.
*(g) (i) mason1,125 p.a.
* (ii) dry wall mason1,125 p.a.
*(h) painter1,125 p.a.
*(i) plumber1,125 p.a.
* (j)roofer1,125 p.a.
*(k) (i) steel bender1,125 p.a.
* (ii) steel erector1,125 p.a.
* (iii) steel worker1,125 p.a.
* (l) tiler1,125 p.a.
* (m) any other skilled tradesman1,125 p.a.
(3)(a) administrator, including non-professional supervisor or other person in an occupation for which a technical qualification (not including a professional qualification) is required 1,650 p.a.
(b) (i) foreman1,650 p.a.
(ii) any other supervisor or tradesman whose work requires the exercise of the functions of a foreman or supervisor in addition to the exercise of any trade or skill within categories (2) (a) to (m)1,650 p.a.
(4)* superintendent 2,625 p.a.
(5)* professional manager and person occupying a position for which a professional qualification is required (including architect, engineer or any other professional or professional manager) 4,500 p.a.
(6)* chief executive officer, general manager or managing director for which a professional qualification is required. 6,000 p.a.

* New Fees Effective 1st July 2006

Provided that:-

  1. a person employed to do work the general control of the doing of which is exercised at or through any place in Grand Cayman shall be deemed to be employed in Grand Cayman notwithstanding that the work of that person is done elsewhere in the Islands;
  2. where a work permit is granted or renewed for a period of six months or less, half the relevant fee is payable; and
  3. where a work permit ceases to be effective, for whatever cause, before the end of the period for which it was granted, a refund of no more than half the annual fee is to be made for that part (if it is more than six months) of the period between the permit ceasing to be effective and the date on which it would have expired had it not ceased to be effective.

Variation of a Work Permit

Variation of a work permit (Persons employed in Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac or Little Cayman)-

(1) Application$50
(2) Variation
(a) where the fee payable for the grant of the permit as varied would have attracted no higher fee than that paid for the permit to be varied$100
(b) where the fee payable for the grant of the permit as varied would have attracted a higher fee than that paid for the permit to be variedan amount equal to fifty per cent of the higher fee.

Dependants

In respect of residence in the Islands of the dependants of the holder of a work permit:

(a) in the case of a work permit holder engaged in domestic or unskilled work$250 per dependant p.a.
(b) in the case of any other work permit holder$500 per dependant p.a.

Temporary Work Permits

Application for the grant or renewal of a temporary work permit $35 per application

(a) managerial and professional worker in Grand Cayman $1,000
(b) managerial and professional worker in Cayman Brac or Little Cayman $750
(c) skilled and technical worker in Grand Cayman $250
(d) skilled and technical worker in Cayman Brac or Little Cayman $1,000
(e) clerk, including sales clerk, artist and sales representative and semi-skilled worker$75
(f) domestic and unskilled worker$50
(g) minister of religion, nurse, teacher (including nursery school teacher) or person working for non-profit making cultural, educational or charitable body:nil
Grant or renewal of temporary work permit (between ninety-one days and one hundred and eighty days) One half the cost of an annual work permit

Last Updated: 2008-01-08