Reject Attempts By The Government To Issue Migrant Cards To Its Citizens Living Overseas Instead Of A Passport

Issuing you a passport binds the Government to their constitutional obligations to honour your rights of citizenship including the rights to vote based on the principle of “Binding State Action” under International Laws.  A Jamaican Passport instead of a migrant card will always prevent the Jamaican government from denying your nationality based on the fact that you possess dual citizenship which makes you a “dominant and effective nationals” of your alien countries such as Canada, UK and the United States (USA).

The recent initiatives recommended by the Economic Growth Council (EGC) appointed by Prime Minister Holdness contains proposals to amend the Immigration Act to the effect: “Amend the Immigration Act to facilitate the issuance of a special “Global Jamaican” Immigration Card for members of the Jamaican Diaspora. This is similar to what several countries have done for their Diaspora populations who no longer have their home country citizenship. All persons born in Jamaica or of Jamaican parentage or heritage would be eligible to hold the card and would provide all the benefits of Jamaican passport holders (except the right to vote), and allows the cardholders the right to stay for an extended period in Jamaica. The purpose would be to encourage the Diaspora to return, get involved, and invest in Jamaica.” –EGC

“Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith has said that the Government is looking to amend the Immigration Act to give overseas Jamaicans certain benefits akin to holders of a Jamaican passport. ...She said the move was proposed by the Economic Growth Council (EGC) in response to the concerns of overseas Jamaicans about the hassles they often face when they come home to do business.”: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20161015/government-looks-amend-immigration-act

In the absence of any reassurance by the Prime Minister or the Minister of Foreign Affairs in support of the rights of citizenship and maintaining your Jamaican Nationality while living overseas, your rights as Jamaican having dual citizenship will not be recognized based on international laws...unless you have a Jamaican Passport. 

PASSPORTS AND DUAL NATIONALITY (page 347)
Adam I. Muchmore, Passports and Nationality in International Law, 10 U.C. Davis J. Int'l L. & Pol'y 301 (2004).