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August 16, 2025 | Caribbean Broadcasting Corportation
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Barbados addressing population decline
Barbados has taken steps to reverse population decline and safeguard its economic future.
As part of measures to achieve those goals, the Government recently introduced the Immigration Bill, 2025 and the Barbados Citizenship Bill, 2025.
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March 18, 2025 | Barbados Government Information Service
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Immigration Department introduces Online Payment Option
The Barbados Immigration Department is now offering online payment options for its services through Government’s EZPay platform.
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March 24, 2023 | Barbados Government Information Service
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Barbados Welcome Stamp Statistics As At January 31, 2023
Barbados’ 12-Month Welcome Stamp Programme as at January 31, 2023, has received 4,211 applications, of which 2,655 were approved.
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February 28, 2023 | Barbados Today
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Bigger Reach
A draft policy to address Barbados’ declining population rate would see authorities providing child subsidies for low-income single parents along with affordable fertility assessments and treatments, and facilitating foreigners taking up residence here.
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January 11, 2023 | Loop News Barbados
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Barbadian passport maintains top spot in the Caribbean
The Barbadian passport continues to be the most powerful in the region.
The latest edition of the Henley Passport Index, ranked the Barbadian passport as the 24th most powerful in the world with its visa-free access to 163 destinations.
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December 6, 2022 | Barbados Government Information Service
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Barbados Immigration Department In Digital Transition
The Barbados Immigration Department (BID) has come in for high praises for several strides made in recent years...
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September 23, 2022 | Barbados Today
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Gov’t to expand net for citizenship qualification
Legislation to allow more categories of people to attain Barbadian citizenship is to go before Parliament soon...
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November 22 , 2019 | Barbados Government Information Service
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New Immigration Policy Planned Next Year
The Cabinet of Barbados has approved the framework of a comprehensive review of the existing immigration policy and legislation and, come January, a new Immigration Bill will be presented to Cabinet.
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