Current statistics point to a massive decline in the number of work permits/extensions of stay granted to foreign nationals being recorded this year and Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix says the job market must be protected for Guyanese.
“We do not just issue visas on demand. Certain checks and verifications have been introduced into the system to ensure that we protect the Guyanese worker and I intend to foster greater collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection, because we can’t do it on our own,” Felix told members of the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Foreign Relations, before which he appeared on Wednesday.
According to documents provided by Felix, from January 1 to June 30, the Department of Citizenship granted