Temporary Work Permit Grant Fees
| Temporary Work Permit Grant Fees | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 90 days or part thereof | 91 to 180 days (flat fee regardless of length of time during this period) | |||
| Grand Cayman | Cayman Brac/Little Cayman | Grand Cayman | Cayman Brac/Little Cayman | |
| Managerial and professional workers | CI$1000 | CI$750 | One half the fee for an annual work permit (see schedule attached). | |
| Skilled and technical workers | CI$250 | CI$188 | ||
| Clerks, including sales clerks, sales representatives and semi-skilled workers | CI$75 | CI$75 | ||
| Domestic and unskilled workers | CI$50 | CI$50 | ||
| Minister of religion, nurse, teacher (including nursery school teacher) or person working for non-profit making cultural, educational or charitable body | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
Please note there is an additional, non-refundable admin charge of CI$35 to be submitted with any application for a Temporary Work Permit.
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 | 550 p.a. | |
| (e) person working in the Cayman Islands Hyperbaric Chamber | 100 p.a. | |
| (2) | domestic, manual or unskilled worker | 150 p.a. |
| (3) | worker in agriculture (other than manual or unskilled worker) | 300 p.a. |
| (4) | (a) secretary | 1,100 p.a. |
| * (b) executive secretary | 2,500 p.a. | |
| (5) | clerk (including sales clerk) | 550 p.a. |
| (6) | * skilled tradesman | 1,300 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 | 2,750 p.a. |
| (8) | * non-professional manager | 4,000 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) | 7,500 p.a. |
| (10) | * chief executive officer, general manager or managing director for which a professional qualification is required | 17,500 p.a. |
| (11) | artist | 300 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 permit is-
| (1) | * (a) kitchen helper, housekeeper, laundress | 250 p.a. |
| * (b) gardener, boat deck hand or beach attendant | 250 p.a. | |
| (2) | (a) front desk clerk | 440 p.a. |
| (b) golf pro-shop cart attendant | 440 p.a. | |
| (3) | food and beverage server | 550 p.a. |
| (4) | front desk supervisor | 660 p.a. |
| (5) | bartender | 1,300 p.a. |
| (6) | * (a) activities camp co-ordinator or director | 1,500 p.a. |
| * (b) (i) boat captain | 1,500 p.a. | |
| * (ii) dive master, dive instructor or scuba diver | 1,500 p.a. | |
| * (iii) submarine narrator or diver | 1,500 p.a. | |
| * (c)(i) para sailor | 1,500 p.a. | |
| * (ii) boat mechanic | 1,500 p.a. | |
| * (d) (i) sous chef or skilled cook | 1,500 p.a. | |
| * (ii) maitre d’hôtel | 1,500 p.a. | |
| (7) | (a) executive housekeeper | 1,650 p.a. |
| (b) greens keeper | 1,650 p.a. | |
| (c) landscaper | 1,650 p.a. | |
| (8) | (a) submarine pilot | 2,200 p.a. |
| (b) executive chef (restaurant) | 2,200 p.a. | |
| (c) rooms division supervisor | 2,200 p.a. | |
| (d) night auditor or administrator | 2,200 p.a. | |
| (9) | * non-professional including restaurant and rooms division manager | 3,300 p.a. |
| (10) | * (a) executive chef (hotel) | 6,000 p.a. |
| * (b) food and beverage director, rooms executive, engineering director, human resources director or controller | 6,000 p.a. | |
| (11) | * hotel general manager | (i) up to 50 rooms - $5,500 p.a. |
| (ii) over 50 rooms - $7,000 p.a. |
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 | 375 p.a. |
| *(b) mason’s help | 375 p.a. | |
| *(c) labourer | 375 p.a. | |
| *(d) any other unskilled worker | 375 p.a. | |
| (2) | *(a) air-conditioner mechanic or technician | 1,500 p.a. |
| * (b) cabinet maker | 1,500 p.a. | |
| *(c) carpenter | 1,500 p.a. | |
| * (d) electrician | 1,500 p.a. | |
| *(e) glazier | 1,500 p.a. | |
| * (f) (i) heavy equipment operator | 1,500 p.a. | |
| * (ii) truck driver | 1,500 p.a. | |
| *(g) (i) mason | 1,500 p.a. | |
| * (ii) dry wall mason | 1,500 p.a. | |
| *(h) painter | 1,500 p.a. | |
| *(i) plumber | 1,500 p.a. | |
| * (j)roofer | 1,500 p.a. | |
| *(k) (i) steel bender | 1,500 p.a. | |
| * (ii) steel erector | 1,500 p.a. | |
| * (iii) steel worker | 1,500 p.a. | |
| * (l) tiler | 1,500 p.a. | |
| * (m) any other skilled tradesman | 1,500 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 | 2,200 p.a. |
| (b) (i) foreman | 2,200 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) | 2,200 p.a. | |
| (4) | * superintendent | 3,500 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) | 6,000 p.a. |
| (6) | * chief executive officer, general manager or managing director for which a professional qualification is required. | 8,000 p.a. |
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. |
New Fees Effective 1st July 2006
Last Updated: 2008-01-08
