COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS NAUGHTON AND

UNCLAS BRIDGETOWN 000629 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR DS/CR/CIL, DS/IP/WHA CUSTOMS FOR ICE ATTACHE LONDON FOR RSO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC CVIS OTRA VC XL SUBJECT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS NAUGHTON AND DOLAN TO ESCORT DEPORTEE DWAYNE FAHIE A035186493 TO BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS REF: ICE CABLE 151545Z MAY 07 ¶1. Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officers Michael Naughton and Lawrence Dolan to escort deportee Dwayne Fahie, A035 186 493 to British Virgin Islands on May 29-30. ¶2. Embassy point of contact is A/RSO Sean A. Nedd at Embassy Bridgetown Tel: 1-246-436-4950, x4173, or Fax: 1-246-227-4240, E-mail: NeddSA@state.gov. For 24-hour contact, please call the Embassy number and extension 4066. ¶3. Post understands that officers will lodge overnight at the Hotels Marriott, San Juan Resort, 1309 Ashford Ave., San Juan Resort TEL: 1-787-722-7000 and will return to the U.S. on May 30, 2007. RSO understands that further Embassy assistance is not required. ¶4. Post's resources do not allow us the flexibility to meet and assist visitors at the airport. However, BVI Customs and Immigration are visitor-friendly. You should bring along enough U.S. Dollar bills to pay the taxi. U.S. currency, traveler's checks and credit cards are routinely and widely accepted here. ¶5. Entry requirements: A valid U.S. passport is required to enter BVI. No visa is required if your stay is under six months, including those travelers arriving with diplomatic or official passports. ¶6. Restrictions: The following is general information pertaining to security and health considerations throughout the Eastern Caribbean: ¶7. ICASS TYD Policy: Each visitor, regardless of length of stay, must bring/forward fiscal data to pay for direct costs of the visit. Each agency, organization or visiting delegation will be charged for the actual costs attributed to its visit. Direct charge costs include, but are not limited to: airport transportation and expediting; driving services; American and LES overtime (for such services as airport expediting, cashier accommodation exchange, control room staffing, representational event support); travel and per diem costs incurred by post personnel in support of visitor's field travel; rental of vehicles and other equipment; long distance telephone calls; office supplies, procurement/small purchasing; departure tax and other airport fees. Post will not provide service if fiscal data is not provided for the direct charges. For TDYers remaining at post over 30 days, there is a charge for ICASS support services. This charge is for the following ICASS services: Basic Package, CLO and Health Services. Agencies will not be billed until the accumulated invoice cost for TDY support exceeds $2,500 for the fiscal year. If your sponsoring agency is not signed up for ICASS services at post, please be prepared to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for ICASS support services upon arrival. The agency should provide post with a written communication, generated by the traveler's headquarters, that confirms the agency will pay ICASS charges for the TDYer, provides the agency ICASS billing code to which the TDY support charges should be applied, and authorizes the traveler to sign the ICASS invoice generated by the TDY module. Where travel is urgent, the TDYer should bring this documentation with him/her to ensure there are no interruptions in the provision of service. Post will not provide any service to a TDYer staying in excess of thirty days without provision of this documentation before day 31 of the TDY." ¶8. The following is general information pertaining to security and health considerations throughout the Eastern Caribbean: SECURITY -------------- In the Eastern Caribbean, foot travel outside of well-established tourist areas is not generally recommended, especially at night. Be vigilant when using public telephones or ATM facilities near roadsides or quiet areas. As in many U.S. metropolitan areas, wearing expensive jewelry, carrying expensive objects, or carrying large amounts of cash should be avoided. Visitors should also safeguard valuables while at the beach. While hotels are generally safe, many visitors have experienced loss of unattended items. Hotel burglaries are not uncommon and all valuables should be locked in room safes if possible. HEALTH INFORMATION -------------- Throughout the Eastern Caribbean, the most likely threat to a visitor's health is sunburn. It takes several weeks to become accustomed to the heat and humidity. Prolonged exposure to the sun, without protection, causes sunburn and may ultimately result in sun-damaged skin or even skin cancer. Sunscreens should be used for protection. In Barbados, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines the major health threat is dengue fever, transmitted by mosquito. Dengue cases are most often seen in the summer months. Persons should therefore protect themselves with insect repellent. There are a growing number of HIV/AIDS cases reports. The Eastern Caribbean enjoys clean and safe drinking water. Only routine boosters for immunization (i.e., tetanus, diphtheria, and oral polio vaccine) are required when traveling to this region. Barbados has the best medical facilities of all the islands in the region and most of the medical specialties have practitioners here. OURISMAN