Expert: Robert Clark - 10/29/2010

Question
since I do not qualify as a wealthy retiree. How much personal
use can I have of a condo that I buy there. That is how many
times or how often can I stay in it. Thanks for answer.

Answer
Charlie
This is covered by the immigration law and regulations (downloadable from http://www.immigration.gov.ky)

67. (1) Persons other than those referred to in section 66, and who are not prohibited immigrants, may be granted permission to land in the Islands as visitors for a period of up to six months, subject to extension, from time to time, for further periods not exceeding six months on each occasion upon application made to the Chief Immigration Officer in the prescribed manner.

and

68. (1) Before granting permission to any person under section 67, an
immigration officer may require such person to satisfy him that he is in possession of a paid up return ticket or ticket entitling such person and his dependants, if any, to travel to such person’s next destination outside the Islands, and is in possession of sufficient funds to maintain himself and his dependants, if any, during the period of his stay in the Islands.
(2) An immigration officer, in accordance with general or special
directions of the Governor or the Chief Immigration Officer, may attach such conditions or restrictions as he may think fit to any permission granted to any person under section 67, and the Governor, in respect of his own directions or those of the Chief Immigration Officer, or the Chief Immigration Officer in respect of his own directions may, at any time, vary such conditions or restrictions
in such manner as he thinks fit.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1), an immigration officer may, as a condition of granting permission to a person under section 67, require him to pay such non-refundable repatriation fee as may be prescribed; and the Chief Immigration Officer, as a condition of granting a variation of any condition or restriction attached to any such permission, may require him to pay such non-
refundable repatriation fee as may be prescribed.
(4) Whoever fails to comply with any condition or restriction imposed by this section is guilty of an offence.

69. (1) A sponsor of a tourist visitor seeking permission to land in the Islands or seeking an extension of the permission may, at the discretion of an immigration officer, be required to give an undertaking in writing to be responsible for that tourist visitor's maintenance and accommodation during the period of his stay in
the Islands.

(2) Where a sponsor has given an undertaking under subsection (1) in
respect of any tourist visitor, the sponsor shall, within twenty-four hours of the expiration of the grant of permission, inform the Chief Immigration Officer in the prescribed manner of any failure by that tourist visitor to depart from the Islands on or before the expiration of the permission granted or any extension thereof.
(3) A sponsor who acts in contravention of subsection (2) is guilty of an offence.


etc

What doesn't appear to be specified in the Act or Regulations is any minimum period between each visit.

Hope this helps!

Robert