FAQs

What is your advice to customers for no hassle registration?
Answer:
  • Register in good time.
  • Always apply for registration well before you intend to sail.
  • If a commercial vessel is involved ensure appropriate safety certificates are available and vessel surveyed by or on behalf of VISR before registration.
  • Ensure that you have completed the necessary documentation properly and paid the correct fee.
 

 

What items are eligible under the Hotel Aid Ordinance?

The Hotel Aid (Amendment) Act, 2005 provides the list of eligible items in the First Schedule to the Ordinance.

What persons are eligible to be owners of a Virgin Islands Ship?

Answer:

  • Citizens and/or Bodies corporate registered in the British Virgin Islands and any of the following:
  • United Kingdom and it's Crown Dependencies and OverseasTerritories;
  • Nationals of and bodies corporate incorporated in;
  • Member State of the European Community (EC) or European Economic Area (EEA); Overseas Territories of Member of EC or EEA;
  • (Bodies corporate must have a place of business in such MemberState or OverseasTerritory)
  • Bodies corporate incorporated in a MemberState of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) or the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) (and registered in the BVI.)
What type of applications can you get approved in the Town and Country Planning Department itself?

There are two cases where more simple development applications can be reviewed and approved within the department. These generally include subdivisions up to five parcels and residential developments up to five units.

What vessels are entitled to be registered?

Answer:

According to tradition, interest/ownership in a British Ship is divided into 64 Shares. A vessel is entitled to be registered, if a majority of the interest (at least 33 of the 64 shares) is owned by qualified persons (individuals or Bodies Corporate). Foreign persons may own a minority interest (up to 31 of the 64 shares) in the ship; or register ship under a qualified company owned by them.

When should I contact the Department of Information and Public Relations with news?

Before it happens! Timing is everything in the news business. If you contact us after the fact, it is usually too late to garner media interest. The more time we have in advance of the news, the more effective we can be. Public Relations can work with you to determine if external media may be interested and to plan an appropriate outreach strategy. If you contact us with news at the last minute, we may still be able to help, but we ask that you bear in mind that much of the news coverage that we read, see or hear was planned well in advance. 

Who serves on the Planning Authority?

The Planning Authority comprised of ten members: a Chairman, a Deputy Chairman, four other members from the private sector, and four members representing various government agencies, including Heads of Departments or Senior staff from the Public Works Department, Department of Disaster Management and Town and Country Planning Department.

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