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Special Purpose Residence Permit on Medical Grounds

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What medical treatment/purpose does the route cover and which applicant role does it address: patient, donor or another medical purpose?

A Special Purpose Permit on Medical Grounds is granted to a non-citizen, on the recommendation of a certified/registered medical practitioner, to reside in Fiji and undergo medical treatment in a local medical hospital.

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What acceptance, appointment, referral, treatment plan or healthcare-provider documentation is important?

The applicant needs a recommendation letter from a registered medical practitioner and a medical transfer letter from the Ministry of Health or a registered medical practitioner; an extension requires a local medical report from a Ministry of Health registered medical practitioner.

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How must treatment costs, living costs and insurance be demonstrated?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm how treatment costs, living costs and insurance must be demonstrated.

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  • No specific fee amount, insurance requirement, or treatment-cost/sponsorship rule is stated; only that application, issue and bond fees may apply.

Can a carer/companion accompany the patient? Who qualifies and what separate/linked permission applies?

Dependants of the principal applicant may apply for co-extensive permits to reside with them. The official source does not detail the co-extensive permit's own requirements.

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  • The co-extensive permit's own eligibility requirements are not detailed on this page.

How long can the patient stay, what happens if treatment continues longer, and what official extension or follow-up mechanism exists?

Extensions are considered by the Immigration Department on merit, and must be lodged one month prior to the permit's expiry date. The source does not state a fixed initial validity period or a standard processing-day count for this route.

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Limits of the record
  • No fixed initial validity period or standard processing-day count is stated for this route.

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

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