scotland999

Hi

I am enquring about moving jobwise to Turks & Caicos.

I am a gay male with a partner, can anyone tell me if the island is really homophobic and what rights would I have to bring a partner to live with me?

The job would be with the government so that side of it would be sorted for me. I am just trying to find out if they would allow a male partner to move over or are they pretty homophobic?

Many Thanks

J

pgtips

Well I know most hotel chains will not allow gay couples as this is seen as unnatural in a lot of the Caribbean. This is a tricky one, but just remember as colourful as they are, most of the islands are pretty conservative and frown upon this.

les666

The people are a mixed bunch, the older ones may disapprove, the younger people are not bothered...the expats generally couldn’t care less and its these people you will probably mix with a lot of the time.. However your question related to ''relocating your partner to TCI''..

The simple fact is that although you may have a job there is no facility at the moment for a visa if you’re not married. We even had a problem sorting out a visa for my wife because she had kept her unmarried name on all documents (due to working in the film and media industry and was known by her name), the immigration officials couldn’t understand it at first, then questioned what sort of man was I to allow this, they were hard to convince even with the wedding license....

Your partner could try and get a job, but this is a hard process, the best solution is simply for him to enter on a tourist visa which lasts 3 months, then at the end of it take a short flight to somewhere else i.e. Florida for a weekend.

Renting somewhere is no problem as it would be in your name, but you may find the govt has sorted somewhere out...You didn't say if you would be on Provo or Grand Turk