immigration, mfai, cook islands, permanent residency

Fifteen non-Cook Islands children under the age of eighteen years were awarded Cook Islands Permanent Resident (PR) certificates yesterday after meeting criteria stipulated in Part 5 (Permanent Residents) of the Cook Islands Immigration Act 2021. The youngest of the 15 was 6 years old with the oldest at 17 years old – both born and raised in the Cook Islands. 

All fifteen recipients had met the criteria for PR as eligible children and PR by descent, the provisions of which are spelt out in the 2021 Act.