Permit to Enter and Reside - Employment

(1) The Principal Immigration Officer may issue a permit to enter and reside under section 8 of the Act to a person entering Tuvalu for any the following purposes:

(b) employment in Tuvalu;

(2) An application for a Permit to Enter and Reside to undertake employment must be accompanied by: (a) an employer sponsorship form in accordance with Form 5 of Schedule 2;

(1) The Principal Immigration Officer may issue a permit in the prescribed form authorising any person to enter and reside in Tuvalu, upon such conditions as to the security to be furnished, the profession or occupation which such person may exercise or engage in and the employer or employers by whom he may be employed within Tuvalu, and to any other matter, whether similar to the foregoing or not, which the Principal Immigration Officer may deem fit to impose or as may be prescribed

(2) A visitors permit and a permit to enter and reside may be cancelled by the Minister, if the Minister is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the person granted the permit:

(g) where the person has a Permit to Enter and Reside to undertake employment, such employment has ceased or the person has changed employment;

(b) for employment in Tuvalu: (i) $600 for the principal applicant and $150 for each dependent if lodged outside Tuvalu, and (ii) $1,200 for the principal applicant and $300 for each dependent if lodged in Tuvalu;

(2) A permit to enter and reside may be granted for a maximum stay of one year and may be extended in accordance with subsection 4(4).

(4) An application to extend a Permit to Enter and Reside shall be in Form 4 of Schedule 2.

(5) A permit to enter and reside shall not be extended more than three times in any five year period, unless the Minister, acting in accordance with the advice of the Citizenship Committee established under the Citizenship Act, certifies that to do so is in the national interest.

(2) If an applicant intends to reside in Tuvalu for more than one year, the applicant must also complete a medical examination (Form 7), radiological examination (Form 8), and Police Report from every jurisdiction where the applicant has lived for more than one year in the past five year period.