Jamaican Diaspora Affairs

The Department is the public face of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through its dealings with other Ministries and Government Departments as well as the grass roots Jamaicans throughout the Diaspora

A summary of the DCAD’s Role and Functions:

  • Operates as an information centre and contact point for Jamaican communities abroad.
  • Encourages and mobilizes Jamaicans abroad to assist in the development of their homeland.
  • Ensures the creation of appropriate and conducive conditions of the return of interested overseas Jamaicans
  • Increases the human resource potential available to Jamaica through skills and attributes of returned nationals.
  • Operates as a point of contact and the provision of specific consular services in respect of Jamaicans and local foreign nationals.
  • Supports the interests of Jamaican communities overseas through political action and economic activity.