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Long-Term Employment Visa

Solomon IslandsWork

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

Non-citizen workers who have been issued a work permit by the Commissioner of Labour (section 78(1) of the Employment Act) to reside and work in the Solomon Islands.

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  • No occupation list is given; the source is a 2026 delivery policy whose table text is partly column-scrambled.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The applicant must hold a work permit issued by the Commissioner of Labour under section 78(1) of the Employment Act; each work-permit application must show that no qualified local workers are available, and foreign workers provide employment contracts. The visa application asks for the business name, type and address.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not say whether a job offer or employer sponsorship is formally required.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The decisive test sits in the work permit: each application must show that no qualified local workers are available and that the worker is suitably qualified; workers supply employment contracts, qualifications and reference letters to the Commissioner of Labour.

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Limits of the record
  • Stated on the Labour work-permit page, not on the visa page; no salary or skill-level threshold is stated.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The long-term employment visa permits residence and work under a valid work permit. The official source does not state whether the holder is tied to an employer or whether family members may accompany the holder.

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  • Fees, duration, entry conditions, extension rules and family rights are not established by the supplied passage.
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How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The long-term employment visa is valid for 2 years with unlimited entries and is extendable; the Classes of Visa schedule sets a 2-year maximum duration. The official source does not state how renewal works or a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • How renewal works is not stated.
  • No longer-term residence direction is stated.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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