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Fiji Investor Permit

Fiji Residency
Pathway overview

At a glance

Fiji's investor permit is for an adult foreign investor who will invest in and operate a Fiji business. The current application page requires a registered company, accessible funds, a Fiji tax number, and Reserve Bank confirmation of the company's share issuance.

Type
Investment residence
Investment fit
Investors making a qualifying investment in Fiji
Core requirements
Registered company, accessible funds, TIN, and RBF share confirmation
What to know
Meeting the listed requirements does not guarantee approval; the authority retains discretion
Minimum investment
No fixed amount published on the current application page
Investment choices
Business

Summary

Fiji's investor permit is for a foreign investor, or in some cases the investor's representative, who will invest in and operate a business in Fiji. It is an immigration permission tied to a real business project. The current application page expects the company, tax, funding, ownership, and regulatory records to be in place or capable of being verified.

Fiji changed its foreign-investment framework in 2022. Investment Fiji states that the old Foreign Investment Registration Certificate, often called an FIRC, was abolished when the Investment Act 2021 and Investment Fiji Act 2022 took effect. Current investor-permit guidance instead asks for company registration, a company tax identification number, proof that funds are available and accessible, and Reserve Bank of Fiji confirmation of the issue of shares.

Some consolidated immigration regulations and older Immigration pages still refer to the repealed 1999 Act and an FIRC. Because the official materials have not all been updated consistently, applicants should follow the current investor-permit checklist and obtain written confirmation from Immigration if an officer requests a legacy document.

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Eligibility

The current Ministry application page says a new principal applicant must be over 18 and must submit all records in the investor-permit checklist. Core business evidence includes:

The personal application package includes the signed investor-permit form and terms, certified passport and Fiji immigration records, police reports, and medical reports. A spouse and dependent children may be included, but relationship, passport, police, and medical evidence must be supplied for them as the checklist requires. Documents not in English need certified English translations.

The separate foreign-investment rules also matter. The Fiji Government's investor reporting portal says foreign investors generally must register a business or company, report investment activity within three months of incorporation, and remit at least FJD 300,000 within three months. Certain restricted activities have their own higher thresholds or conditions, and the rules provide a process to request a ministerial waiver of the general minimum based on an economic or skills assessment. These investment-law duties should not be confused with the immigration application fee or treated as a promise that the permit will be approved.

What This Route Allows

If granted, the permit allows the holder to reside in Fiji for the approved investor role and to work in the business described in the permit. It does not create unrestricted permission to take unrelated employment or operate a materially different activity. Changes in ownership, business activity, or the applicant's role should be cleared with Immigration and the relevant business regulators before they occur.

The Ministry permits a spouse and dependent children to be included on the form when the family evidence is accepted. Their exact ability to work, study, or carry out other activities should be confirmed from the conditions printed on their status; a dependent's inclusion does not automatically give every work right held by the principal investor.

The current Ministry page lists FJD 650.05 as the application fee for a new investor permit and says issue and bond charges are payable after approval. It gives a standard processing period of 21 working days, subject to document completeness, checks, and outside responses. A conditional approval may require a later “balance of investor permit” submission showing offshore remittances, tax compliance, the company bank account, business progress, assets, employees, and the current shareholding structure.

What This Route Is Not

This is not passive residence obtained simply by showing a bank balance. The applicant must connect the funds to a registered, operating Fiji business and provide records showing ownership, remittance, tax registration, and any sector approvals.

It is not automatic permanent residence or citizenship. The permit is temporary and conditional. Maintaining it requires compliance with immigration conditions and with company, tax, employment, pension, exchange-control, sector, and investment-reporting laws.

It is also not safe to rely on an old FIRC checklist. Investment Fiji expressly says FIRC issuance ended in 2022, while some older regulations and web pages still use that term. The current Immigration application page is more recent and asks for the replacement company, tax, funds, and RBF records. Any remaining conflict should be resolved directly with Immigration in writing before filing.

Finally, the FJD 300,000 general foreign-investment amount is not the permit application fee and is not necessarily the only capital rule. A restricted activity may have a different minimum, and a waiver is discretionary rather than automatic.

Next Steps

  1. Define the exact business, ownership percentages, applicant role, location, and sector before applying.
  2. Check the current reserved and restricted activities schedule and identify every license or endorsement the business needs.
  3. Register the company or business and obtain its Fiji tax identification number.
  4. Confirm with the Reserve Bank and the company's Fiji bank how offshore funds and share issuance must be documented.
  5. Review the current investor reporting rules, including the three-month reporting and remittance requirements and any applicable waiver process.
  6. Prepare the company request letter, source-of-funds records, business bank evidence, and each shareholder's contribution details.
  7. Obtain current police, medical, passport, immigration-status, family, and translation documents.
  8. Ask Immigration to confirm any checklist conflict, especially any request for an obsolete FIRC, before paying or filing.
  9. After filing, preserve every remittance, tax, payroll, pension, asset, and business-progress record needed for conditional approval, extension, or compliance review.
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