Visas/Permits
 Work
Permits
The
policy on work permit is as set out below:
- the Immigration Department will
consider applications for work permit on merit
on a case by case basis;
- the "key posts" usually
reserved for the investor's choice are not required
to be advertised;
- the "time posts" or
specialist positions are not required to be
advertised when an investor is establishing
his/her business but they must be advertised
before the work permit renewal can be considered;
- work permits to small scale farmers
will not be granted;
- work permits to straight machinists
in garment factories will not be granted;
- applications for work permit
from garment factories for the employment of
specialist machinists (eg. loom machinists)
will be assessed carefully and approved only
in exceptional cases, and where approval is
granted, the ratio is to be 1:10, i.e for every
expatriate specialist machinist granted a work
permit, the company/factory concerned is to
employ at least ten (10) local specialist machinists;
- temporary, short or long term
work permit will not be granted to a person
who is already in Fiji on a visitor's permit.
Anyone who is already in Fiji on a visitor's
permit and intends to apply for any kind of
work permit should leave the country before
the application can be accepted;
- anyone intending to apply for
a temporary, short or long term work permit
should do so from outside Fiji;
- where there are multiple shareholders
in a project approved by the FTIB, the number
of work permits granted to the foreign shareholders
to allow them to manage their investments in
the Fiji Islands will be based on the following
formula:
Amount invested by the foreign shareholders
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$50,000 = * Number of "key post" work
permits granted to the foreign shareholders
- This number should not exceed
the number of shareholders in a project;
- where there is a single investor,
the minimum foreign investment for the investor
to qualify for a "key post" work permit
is $50,000.00;
- employers are required to provide
either cash or bank bond as security for each
employee before any work permit is issued;
- the amount of cash or bank bond
will be equivalent to one way economy class
airfare to the permit holder's country of residence
plus $500.00 to allow for increases in airfares
and to meet other associated costs, e.g. departure
tax and the cost of local transportation. The
rates for each country are available from the
Immigration Department.
Applications for work permit
must be accompanied by the following documents:
- where applicable, a clipping
of the advertisement in the local newspapers;
- the name (s) of the local understudy/counterpart
and details of a training programme for the
training of a citizen(s) of the Fiji Islands
in the work for which the application for a
work permit is made;
- police reports in respect of
the applicant and his/her spouse from their
countries of citizenship and/or residence where
they have lived for twelve (12) months or more
in the last ten (10) years;
- medical reports which are less
than 3 months old in respect of the applicant,
his/her spouse and children;
- a certificate from a competent
authority or documentary evidence acceptable
to the Director of Immigration that the applicant
has adequate knowledge of the English language;
>> Download Application Form for a Permit to Work
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