-must be in Guyana to complete process
Guyanese living abroad will also be eligible to collect the $100,000 cash grant with the caveat that they have to be in Guyana for the registration process and be in possession of a national ID card or passport. Further the grant has to be uplifted in person in the form of cash or cheque, depending on their location here.
“There is no residency requirement for the receipt of the cash grant. So that makes Guyanese living abroad who have an ID card or a passport also eligible for the cash grant,” Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced.
“However, they have to collect the same in Guyana, after going through a registration process. The grant will not be paid overseas. We have no intention going to New York or Toronto to register people there. They would have to be in Guyana to be registered here and they are eligible as Guyanese provided they have the requisite documents to prove such. This enormously simplifies things for us and does not discriminate against residency,” he added.