Man ‘Wanted’ By Immigration Apprehended
Today [Mar 13] the Minister of Home Affairs Michael Fahy announced that in less than 4 days after the Department of Immigration posted a “Wanted Person” poster on its website, the subject, Mr. Robert George McFarlane was apprehended.
According to the Minister the “quick apprehension of Mr. McFarlane is a testament that the public stands with the Department of Immigration to stamp out over-stayers.”
Poster courtesy of the Immigration website:
Minister Fahy said he “wishes to thank the general public for coming forward and providing details relating to the whereabouts of Mr. McFarlane. All leads were helpful and allowed Immigration Officers to act expeditiously. Mr. McFarlane departed Bermuda on March 12, 2015.
“The general public is encouraged to continue to contact the Department of Immigration with information about foreign nationals who are alleged to be in Bermuda illegally without the Minister’s permission,” a spokesperson said.
“Information can be submitted by calling 297-7950/297-7694 or via the Immigration Hotline 296-5202 or the Immigration Online Tips website at http://wwww.doiapps.gov.bm/immigration/.”
Hope you do this for everyone
Is this just for West Indians or does this include those from Azores, Europe, India,Portugal, Canada,America ect.
I agree with clamping down on people who overstay their allotted times, as we sure cannot do that in the USA without being put on their stop list…. just asking if there is another word that can be used besides “WANTED”?
APPREHENED lol…. the guy turned himself in. Now maybe now you will go after his boss that brought him here then left him stranded…oh
Since you seem to know all, why not tell the D of I the name of his boss. He is the one committing the offense. Hefty fine would help our economy.
Trust me they know exactly who his boss was !
Who was that and how did they leave him stranded ?
The link in the last graf is broken.
We can’t believe anything we reading coming from this Government office. He walked into the office of Immigration, stop making it like the wanted notice and the community assisted. He was not a criminal just someone who his employer took advantage of. By the way, I dont support his employers NEW business due to what he did to Mr. McFarlane. Bad Business man, watch out new employees
Well go on share the business!
Good job, good job, good job! Now where was he working? Any takers!?
the objective is correct but the method is well, heavy-handed. all for ensuring that over-stayers leave but as a country we could do better than this. we have pedophiles and elder abusers in our midst whom we should name and shame but we don’t…
I beg to second that Stunned! Stop protecting criminals Bermuda when they are your friends or relatives. You seem to only have strength for outsiders.
Dear OBA and Dept of Immigration,
Can you please now do this for the unemployed professionals who were formerly employed in the international business sector, but were made redundant and are not in possession of the following documents from the Department of Immigration:
1) Permission to reside (i.e. with their spouse); or
2) Permission to seek employment.
Individuals live here in Bermuda and hold on to their old work permits for jobs that no longer exist, they hold on to these permits and use them to travel in and out of the island while they continue to seek employment. Then go away for two weeks when they find employment and the work permit is fast tracked.
If you need clues since as always blogs are false and mischievous, review Bernews and the Royal Gazette and use in your search criteria phrases like like (Merger, Buyout, Amalgamation, redomicile, closed) and it may help you, equally you may wish to look at the flood of Permission to Seek Employment applications that you would have received since your first Wanted Bulletin was published last week.
Transparency, fairness and putting Bermudians first remember, that is what we voted for.
It is very unfortunate that our 40 fore fathers on Front Street did not have large enough families and enough children to take all the jobs in IB, as at least they would have said “good morning fella hows your Mama” when driving past us while we line up at the newly formed Dept of Workforce Development.
Unfortunately we are now subjected to individuals who don’t speak to you, refuse to socialise, yet popular media and attitude tells us if they leave their employment in Bermuda and return to Canada, the UK and US that the Bermuda Economy will collapse.
Does anyone leave a well paid Bermuda job to go back to taking the tube in London and net annual salary of USD 57,600 to max USD 96,000 (i.e. GBP 36,000 to 60,000) after paying 50% income tax with no London rental allowance, no London school fee allowance for Eton or Harrow or Cheltenham, or prospect of an annual bonus over 15% – 30% of gross salary?
Anyway wait to be attacked now by the Trickle Down Economists and Tree Huggers who will donate $20,000 to save Kiskadees with the ebola and who of course founded these Somers Isles and created International Business as we know it.
Yours faithfully
Future Alliance
Dear OBA and Dept of Immigration,
Can you please consider also addressing the unemployed professionals who were formerly employed in the international business sector, but were made redundant and are not in possession of the following documents from the Department of Immigration:
1) Permission to reside (i.e. with their spouse); or
2) Permission to seek employment.
Individuals live here in Bermuda and hold on to their old work permits for jobs that no longer exist, they hold on to these permits and use them to travel in and out of the island while they continue to seek employment. Then go away for two weeks when they find employment and the work permit is fast tracked.
It may help if you start to look at the Permission to Seek Employment applications that you would have received since your first Wanted Bulletin was published last week.
Transparency, fairness and putting Bermudians first remember, that is what we voted for.
thanks
Often they are still technically employed all along. For some positions, companies don’t want their employees working for competitors for some period of time, so they can’t steal away customers. The company pays the employee not to come into the office and not to work for a competitor for a period of time, sometimes up to two years. It’s a sweet gig and I’d like to sign up for this myself, but it means the person is still employed all along. Immigration can’t do much about it. And the people to whom this applies are the exact sort you need here in Bermuda rather than in London or New York.
Isn’t it funny how some people will lay the blame entirely on the employer who, incidentally, no one wants to name! Mr. McFarlane knows the rules/laws – HE took advantage, just the same as the employer did! It seems that “Unbelievable” knows an awful lot about this matter! Hmmm…
Can someone please make 15 MILLION of those “posters” for the USA market!!! We will need them AFTER Hussein Odummer leaves office in just 678 days time – FINALLY!!!