For a professional entertainer performing for reward in Solomon Islands — solo artist, band, DJ or comedian engaged at commercial venues or events — with a supporting letter naming the venues and the local sponsor.
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands sits in Melanesia. Its immigration system runs 20 distinct routes — led by short stays and visits, work and family, each set out in official law. All 20 cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
1 further route is recorded for Solomon Islands but not shown here — its details are still under review.
- Immigration routes
- 20across 7 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 20 of 20cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Short stays and visits7 of the 20 routes — see them under Short stays and visits below
- Region
- Melanesia
- Capital
- Honiara
- Population
- 838,645
- Official language
- English
- Currency
- SBD
- Time zone
- UTC+11:00
Immigration routes
All 20 routes, grouped by purpose — 20 of 20 cite an official government source directly.
Work
3 routes
Long-term immigration permission for employment in Solomon Islands.
Employment authorisation generally required in addition to the relevant immigration visa.
Investment
2 routes
Official established investor visa class evidenced by the current Form 7.
Official provisional investor visa class evidenced by the current Form 6.
Study
2 routes
Long-term permission for an approved research purpose.
Long-term visa for study with a course-specific validity.
Family
3 routes
Long-term visa based on a qualifying family relationship in Solomon Islands.
Long-term dependent visa for the child under eighteen of a qualifying foreign sponsor.
Long-term dependent visa for the spouse of a foreign national holding a qualifying long-term visa.
Culture, faith and volunteering
2 routes
For an individual or group travelling to Solomon Islands for church-based or cultural performances on a non-commercial basis, such as church choirs, traditional dancers and cultural troupes.
Long-term permission for volunteer activity in Solomon Islands.
Short stays and visits
7 routes
Short-term permission for genuine business visits.
Longer visitor permission for a stay of at least six months and no more than twelve months.
Short-term visa for journalistic and reporting activity.
Concessional short-term visa for citizens of Fiji, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea under the Melanesian Spearhead Group arrangement.
Short-term visa for tourism in Solomon Islands.
Short-term visa for visiting relatives or friends.
Short-term visa for the master and crew of a visiting yacht.
Special cases
1 route
Residual long-term special-purpose visa for an approved purpose not covered by another listed long-term class.
Official sources
- Immigration DivisionGovernment
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