Ordinary Gweilo

Each country has its own rules governing how long foreign nationals can stay and whether they can work. However, as far as I am aware, normally the difficult part is getting a visa in the first place, and once it has been granted you can stay at least as long as your contract of employment lasts (and often longer, sometimes permanently). Not so in Bermuda, it seems.

According to The Economist, it is almost impossible to stay beyond six years.

So Bermuda is becoming a difficult place to live, not only for locals but also for foreigners. Already most of those see Bermuda as a short-term proposition—a good thing, because immigration authorities have taken to booting out work-permit holders after six years (marrying a local won’t help unless you stay together for at least ten years).

How is that going to work if you get thrown out after 6 years?

I see from the photograph that bankers in Bermuda seem to wear shorts with long socks and formal shoes. Don’t they know what they look like?