Edna Manley College Visual and Performing Arts
Edna Manley College Visual and Performing Arts
The Registry and Student Services Departments provide necessary services and information to facilitate a smooth transition to life, both here at the College, and in Jamaica, for our international students.
Along with fulfilling admissions requirements, there are some immigration documents and fees required for international students.
International Student – This is where a foreign national is enrolled in an institution of learning, registered by the Ministry of Education, Jamaica. This person should attend the PICA office on arrival in the Island within two weeks of entering Jamaica, and have their extension placed in their passport. The following is needed for this process:
Foreign students/nationals who have a claim to Jamaican citizenship are encouraged to exercise their right of obtaining a Jamaican passport and use it to enter or leave Jamaica, even when using a foreign passport overseas. The only exception is where they have renounced their Jamaican Citizenship or have an Unconditional landing in their foreign passport.
Everyone travelling to Jamaica must present a valid and approved travel document as evidence of their identity and nationality. The most common and preferred travel document is a PASSPORT, but other types of travel documents may also be accepted.
Other acceptable travel documents:
A small number of travellers may have other types of travel documents which are also acceptable for travel to Jamaica.
The travel documents must be issued by a recognised authority, MUST HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BEARER and provide the holder with a re-entry authority to the country of issue, or an entry authority to another country. Holders of these documents GENERALLY REQUIRE a visa.
Other types of documents that are acceptable for travel to Jamaica include:
Commonwealth Citizens (most of the Caribbean countries, UK, Australia, Canada, etc.) do not require a visa to travel to Jamaica. However, the documents must be presented and process completed:
United States and other Non-Commonwealth citizens (including Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Honduras, etc.) are required to attain a visa prior to arriving in Jamaica. For more information click http://www.pica.gov.jm/immigration/general-immigration-information/requirements-for-travel-to-jamaica/
Other requirements include:
The Jamaican Embassy in Washington, D.C.
http://www.embassyofjamaica.org/business-study-recreation.htm
Tel: (202)-452-0660; Fax: (202)-452-0081
Email: firstsec@jamaicaembassy.org
The Jamaican Consulate in New York
https://congenjamaica-ny.org/students-visa/Tel: (212)-935-9000; Fax: (212)-935-7507
Email: passport@congenjamaica-ny.org or registry@congenjamaica-ny.org
The Jamaican Consulate in Miami
http://www.jamaicacgmiami.org/page/student-visa
Tel: (305)-374-8431; Fax: (305)-577-4970
Students over 16 years old must be registered at a cost of JMD two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) if remaining in excess of six (6) months.
Additionally, Non-Commonwealth nationals as well as Nigerians, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans, nationals of the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands are required to pay Multiple Entry Visa fees.
For further information or clarification, please contact the Passport, Immigration, and Citizenship Agency (PICA) at 754-7422 or https://www.pica.gov.jm/immigration/fees
