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The Gov­ern­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go is ex­pand­ing the Mi­grant Reg­is­tra­tion Frame­work to in­clude all el­i­gi­ble il­le­gal im­mi­grants cur­rent­ly re­sid­ing with­in the coun­try’s bor­ders, mov­ing be­yond the pre­vi­ous ex­clu­sive fo­cus on Venezue­lan na­tion­als.

In a me­dia re­lease is­sued to­day, the Min­istry of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty said the ex­pan­sion forms part of a strate­gic ef­fort to pro­mote eq­ui­ty and bol­ster na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty.

Un­der Le­gal No­tice No. 470, the Im­mi­gra­tion (Ex­emp­tion from Work Per­mit) (Im­mi­grants) Or­der, 2025, the frame­work al­lows all reg­is­tered il­le­gal im­mi­grants to live and work legal­ly in Trinidad and To­ba­go from Jan­u­ary 1, 2026, to Sep­tem­ber 30, 2026.