| Immigration Regulations
9. (1) An immigration officer may, on granting admission to Trinidad and Tobago of a person, who falls within one of the categories described in section 9(1)(c) to (i) of the Act, require that such person furnish security either in the form of a deposit made with the Comptroller of Accounts or by execution of a bond in the form set out as Form 2 with one or more sureties, in the discretion of the Chief Immigration Officer, and the amount thereof shall be a sum sufficient to cover the cost of the repatriation and other incidental expenses of such person.
(2) Where the security required by sub regulation (1) is furnished by way of a deposit, the amount of such deposit shall be refunded-
(a) when the conditions on which the certificate was granted are duly observed, and where, before the expiration or cancellation by the Chief Immigration Officer of the certificate, the person to whom the certificate relates satisfies the Immigration Officer that adequate arrangements have been made for his departure from Trinidad and Tobago; or (b) where the Minister so directs.
(3) A person who seeks to enter Trinidad and Tobago for a temporary purpose shall, if required by an immigration officer, produce evidence to his satisfaction-
(a) of being in permanent employment elsewhere and of his intention to return to such employment; (b) of possession of a return ticket by sea or air, or the possession of a sum of money sufficient to enable him to maintain himself and his dependants, if any, during the period of his visit and to provide for his return fare or of its immediate availability; (c) that he is returnable to his country of origin or to some other country, at the expiration of his visit to Trinidad and Tobago.
(4) (a) Application may be made by or on behalf of a person seeking to enter Trinidad and Tobago as a permitted entrant under section 9 of the Act, to the Chief Immigration Officer, for a Certificate of Facilitation of Entry and every such application shall be in the form set out as Form 51 (b) A Certificate of Facilitation of Entry shall be in the form set out as Form 52.
(5) Where a person seeking to enter Trinidad and Tobago falls within one of the categories described in section 9(1)(f), (g), (h) or (i) of the Act, the immigration officer may accept as sufficient evidence for the purpose of entry the fact that such person, not being a person suffering from infirmity of mind or body or ill health, is in possession of means of support, save that in the case of a person falling within the category described in section 9(1)(i), and subject to the provisions of regulation 10(1)(c), a valid work permit must be produced.
(6) (a) Where a person seeking to enter Trinidad and Tobago falls within the category described in section 9(1)(g) of the Act, the immigration officer shall not allow such person to enter Trinidad and Tobago for the purpose of entering any educational or training establishment in Trinidad and Tobago unless that person is in possession of a valid student's permit in the form set out as Form 43. The holder of a student's permit shall comply with the terms and conditions specified in such permit. (b) A person seeking to enter and remain in Trinidad and Tobago for the purpose of receiving education or training at an educational or training establishment by which he has been accepted as a student, may make application for a student's permit in duplicate to the Chief Immigration Officer in the form set out as Form 34. (c) The Chief Immigration Officer may, upon being satisfied as to the bona fides of the educational or training establishment, issue a student's permit if-
(i) the person seeking to enter and remain in Trinidad and Tobago has been accepted as a student by such establishment; (ii) there is adequate accommodation for the student at such establishment; (iii) no local student has been displaced; and (iv) the person seeking to enter and remain in Trinidad and Tobago does not belong to a prohibited class.
(d) The Chief Immigration Officer may cancel a student's permit if the person to whom such permit is issued fails within a reasonable time to enter the educational or training establishment designated in any such permit issued by the Chief Immigration Officer, or having entered such educational or training establishment fails to remain or ceases to be retained as a student therein or fails to comply with any condition endorsed on the permit.
(e) No person shall admit to any educational or training establishment in Trinidad and Tobago any person who is not a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago or a resident, unless that person is in possession of a valid student's permit issued by the Chief Immigration Officer. A person who admits any such student into an educational or training establishment without there being in force a valid student's permit in relation to that admittance in contravention of the provisions of this regulation is guilty of an offence.
(f) A person to whom a student's permit is issued shall keep it in his possession or in the possession of his parent or guardian, and the person in possession of the permit shall produce it to an immigration officer or a public officer on demand or at such place as the immigration officer or the public officer may designate.
(g) A person having in his possession a student's permit appearing to have been issued under this regulation shall answer all questions put to him by an immigration officer, or a public officer for the purposes of the Act.
(h) Any person is guilty of an offence who-
(i) Without reasonable excuse fails or refuses to produce a student's permit as required by this regulation; or (ii) refuses to answer any questions put to him.
(7) (a) Subject to this regulation, where a person seeking to enter Trinidad and Tobago falls within a category described in section 9(1)(e) of the Act, the immigration officer shall not allow such person to enter Trinidad and Tobago for the purpose of carrying out his religious duties unless he is in possession of a valid Overseas Missionaries' permit in the form set out as Form 50. The holder of an Overseas Missionaries' permit shall comply with the terms and conditions specified in such permit.
(b) Application for a person seeking to enter and remain in Trinidad and Tobago for the purpose of preaching or teaching in a religious institution or establishment shall be made in triplicate to the Minister for an Overseas Missionaries' permit in the form set out as Form 37 by a religious institution or establishment.
(c) The Minister may issue an Overseas Missionaries’ permit if he is satisfied that-
(i) the person seeking to enter and remain in Trinidad and Tobago has been accepted as a religious worker by a religious institution or establishment recognised as such by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago; (ii) the person seeking to enter Trinidad and Tobago for the purpose of speaking at any religious gathering proves to the satisfaction of the Minister that there is in existence a specific written invitation from a religious institution or establishment recognised as such by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago or other recognized body or authority.
(d) The Minister may cancel an Overseas Missionaries' permit if the person to whom such permit is issued fails within a reasonable time to commence his work in the religious institution or establishment designated in any such permit or having entered such religious institution or establishment fails to remain or ceases to be retained as a worker or fails to comply with any condition or conditions endorsed in the permit. (e) A person to whom an Overseas Missionaries permit is issued shall keep it in his possession, and the person in possession of the permit shall produce it to any immigration officer or public officer on demand or at such place as such immigration officer or public officer may designate. (f) A person having in his possession an Overseas Missionaries' permit appearing to have been issued under this regulation shall answer all questions put to him by an immigration officer, or a public officer. (g) the fees set out in the Eighth Schedule shall be payable to the Comptroller of Accounts in respect of an Overseas Missionaries' permit granted to any person applying under paragraph 7(b); (h) This regulation shall not apply to persons entering Trinidad and Tobago for the purpose of carrying out religious duties for a period not exceeding thirty days;
(i) A person is guilty of an offence who- (i) without reasonable excuse fails or refuses to produce an Overseas Missionaries permit as required by this regulation; or (ii) refuses to answer any questions put to him. | 
