Brunei Darussalam

In order to understand the immigration requirements for Brunei, it is important to know about the Immigration Act of Brunei Darussalam. According to a subsidiary legislation, of the Immigration Regulations, section 53, commencing on the 1st of July, 1958:

An “alien” is said to be a person who is not a citizen of the Commonwealth.

A “Commonwealth citizen” is defined in the same way as in the British Nationality Act.

A “Controller” is typically an Immigration Officer, or a person authorized by the Controller to act on his behalf.

An “unberthed passage” is a passenger of a ship for whom accommodation in any cabin, stateroom or saloon is not reserved.

Any person who wishes to enter Brunei Darussalam must apply to the Controller in Form 1 in the

It is a part of the Commonwealth.

People seeking citizenship of Brunei must keep the following in mind:

Birth within Brunei Darussalam does not automatically make that person a citizen.

A person’s descent makes him/her a citizen but only in certain cases. A child born within wedlock off a Bruneian father, irrespective of the country of its birth, is a Bruneian citizen. Alternately, a child born out of wedlock, off a Bruneian mother, where the father is unknown or is stateless, irrespective of the country of its birth, is a Bruneian citizen.

Naturalization Marriage and/or adoption are the only two ways of gaining Bruneian citizenship.

Marriage If a Bruneian man marries a foreign woman, the woman becomes a Bruneian citizen. The woman can apply for Bruneian citizenship only after 10 years of living in Brunei.

In case of a Bruneian woman marrying a foreign man, he must obtain permanent residency status, have a means of support, and must have resided in Brunei for 15 years prior to the

Men and women from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, China and Thailand are subjected to forced labor or prostitution upon arrival in Brunei. They migrate, of course, in hope of domestic or other low-skilled labor. There are over 88,000 migrant workers in Brunei. Some of these workers face debt bondage, non-payment of wages, passport confiscation, confinement to the home, and contract switching; all of which are factors that may be construed as trafficking. Some 25,000 female domestic workers in Brunei have been reported to have worked inhumanly long hours without rest. This creates an environment of involuntary servitude. Brunei has been known to be a transit point for human trafficking Malaysia, including