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Visitor Permit with Business or Employment Endorsement

TuvaluShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

No one may enter Tuvalu without a valid permit unless exempted under section 7 of the Act. A visitor who intends to engage in business or employment may be issued a visitors permit with a special endorsement for a maximum stay of 30 days, for a $100 fee in addition to the ordinary visitor fee; the ordinary fee is waived for citizens of Schedule 1 countries and is $100 for others unless the Minister waives it. The official source does not state whether the permit is obtained in advance or on arrival.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not say whether the endorsed permit is obtained in advance or on arrival.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

Business activities include attending a conference or training session, performing professional services in Tuvalu (including services to the Government and non-governmental organisations), and conducting negotiations for an exploratory business.

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What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

A visitor permit is issued for a maximum stay of 30 days, and the Act caps a visitor's permit at one month. The officer may issue or extend it only if he has a written instruction signed by the Minister, or if he is satisfied of the conditions in s.9(3)(b), which include that the person has not been in Tuvalu for more than 3 months in total in the 12 months before the permit or extension would take effect.

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Limits of the record
  • The 30-day figure in reg 2(1) is for visitor permits generally; the endorsed permit's own 30-day maximum (reg 2(3)) is cited in R1.
  • Extension rules are in R5.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

Where the officer issues the permit on his own satisfaction rather than on the Minister's written instruction, he must be satisfied that the person has a valid ticket or other means of travelling from Tuvalu to another country they can enter. A person who at entry cannot show means of supporting himself and his family and dependants, or definite employment awaiting him, or who is likely to become a charge on the public, is a prohibited immigrant. The official source does not state accommodation, invitation or insurance evidence.

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Limits of the record
  • The Minister's written-instruction alternative (s.9(3)(a)) is cited in R3 of this route.
  • No accommodation, invitation or insurance evidence is stated; business-specific evidence for the endorsement is not listed.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

The Principal Immigration Officer may extend a visitors permit for up to 30 days; where the visitor intends to engage in business or employment the extension fee is $200. The official source does not state where or how the permit or its extension is applied for.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not say where or how the endorsed permit or its extension is applied for.

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

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