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LDS missionaries released in Guyana
Church officials, government meet to discuss legal status
At issue is the interpretation of the missionaries' legal status to be in Guyana. The Guyanese government says the LDS missionaries are in the country without approved visa extensions. Church officials maintain they were merely waiting for pending applications for work permits and extensions of stay. Leslie Sobers - an attorney who serves as an LDS branch president and church public affairs director in Georgetown - told Guyana's Stabroek News that there is a "perceived number of missionaries from any given church that can be in the country at a time" but the number is currently unknown and is being determined. Ref. Source 3
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According to a couple of articles, the missionaries have been receiving denials of visa extensions for a while now but they remained in the country still (according to the Ministry of Legal Affairs):
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| "They (police) actually went to the home of the elders. They told them to pack their bags and head straight to the airport," Hughes related. He said that he intervened after he was contacted and he proceeded to inform the police that there were matters (appeals) concerning the church members that were engaging the courts since July 31. The attorney said that the police informed him that they were unaware of any court proceedings. Kaieteur News understands that the church had on repeated occasions requested extensions of stay and work permits for its members, but these were denied by the Ministry of Home Affairs. However, according to the attorney, a senior police officer informed that the government does not intend to abide by the court orders. "That senior officer has also said that the government wants all the missionaries out of the country immediately," |
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| On Wednesday the Ministry of Home Affairs said the missionaries violated the Immigration Act, as they remained in the jurisdiction despite being issued letters denying Work Permits and Extension of Stay. According to the Ministry, the Missionaries had overstayed their time here and did not possess valid work permits since November 2004, April 2005, April 2007, January 2008 and March 2009 respectively. In October of 2007, the church had requested work permits and the extension of stay for ten US nationals to be attached to the church as missionaries but that this was denied. Further, in February, 2008 a new application was received by the ministry requesting work permits and an extension of stay for another twenty-two American missionaries the church was asked to submit a list of foreign nationals and their locations for the purpose of processing that application. This list, the ministry reported, was submitted in February 2008 and showed that there were fifty-four missionaries attached to the church and included those who were previously denied work permits and extensions. While the application for the fifty-four missionaries was being processed the church again applied for work permits and extension of stay for an additional sixty-nine American missionaries and included in this list were eight from the list of fifty-four. The ministry said that they were given slips acknowledging receipt of their applications. The ministry had said that the church was informed of the findings and invited to an interview in September 2008. Wayne D. Barrow, then Georgetown District President of the church and attorney Nigel Hughes, had attended the interview and the matter was ventilated with the Head of the Immigration Support Services. In June this year, the ministry said that the church was again asked to supply a list of foreign nationals with the organization along with their location and copies of their passports. The ministry said that on June 10, 2009 the church replied and provided a list showing that sixty-six persons were attached and the reply also requested permits and extension of stay for them. "Of the sixty (60) Missionaries, the records showed that fifty (50) Missionaries had overstayed, (whereabouts of 13) were unclear and three (3) had valid Work Permits," the Ministry noted. |
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I know a family with a son serving down there. What is the latest update to the situation in Guyana with the Missionaries?
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They are leaving the country as requested by the government of Guyana. We're speaking about 40 missionaries approximately. Originally, the government planned to expel them immediately but the US embassy won a 30-day extension.
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Deported Jailed Missionaries Lds Guyana
I read in one of the mission sites that there are at least 15 Guyanese young men ready to serve a mission and replace the ones that were expelled out of the country. There are also many more (around 15-20) that need to wait in order to be qualified. Many others are serving mini-missions. Members and former missionaries have donated shirts and ties for these missionaries since we're all aware the poor conditions of the members in Guyana. Special arrangements have been made and some would serve as 18 years old.
According to one of the counselors in the Mission Presidency, three or four of these missionaries ready to serve are a primary breadwinner in the family so their departure to serve means their family will take a 30 to 70 percent reduction in income.
Guyana Lds Missionaries Jailed - Deported
QUOTE (LDS_forever @ 4-Oct 09, 10:19 PM) According to one of the counselors in the Mission Presidency, three or four of these missionaries ready to serve are a primary breadwinner in the family so their departure to serve means their family will take a 30 to 70 percent reduction in income.
Wow I hope the church does something to help these families it is only fair after asking their primary breadwinners to leave for a mission for 2 years! I mean the spirit and faith won't feed them you know what am I saying?
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