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Foreign Government Official’s Permit

MicronesiaSpecial cases

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What exactly is the official special programme/status and why does it exist?

The Foreign Government Official’s Permit is an entry permit for official governmental activity.

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Limits of the record
  • Current implementing regulations, operational forms and independent review are not covered by the cited capture.
  • Title 50 §103(1)-(12), §104; exact captured text
    A foreign government official’s permit may be issued to any official, employee, or contractual personnel of a foreign government or governmental regional or international organization who wishes to enter the Federated States of Micronesia for purposes of official governmental activities

Which specific population, role, circumstance or historical/legal situation does it cover?

Officials, employees and contractual personnel of a foreign government or of a governmental regional or international organisation. Such personnel (and their spouses, dependants and household members) are exempt from needing any entry permit to the extent the President or his designee determines law or FSM treaty obligations grant the exemption, so the permit covers those not so exempt.

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Limits of the record
  • First citation is a sub-string of the closed R1 citation (s.103(4)); the covered population is stated only there. See notas.
  • https://fsmlaw.org/fsm/code/title50/T50_Ch01_2014.html
    any official, employee, or contractual personnel of a foreign government or governmental regional or international organization
  • https://fsmlaw.org/fsm/code/title50/T50_Ch01_2014.html
    except for officials, employees, and contractual personnel of foreign governments and governmental regional or international organizations, and their spouses, dependents and household members, to the extent the President or his designee determines such exemptions are granted by law or international treaty obligations of the Federated States of Micronesia.

What circumstance, event, relationship, nomination, invitation or status activates access?

Access is triggered when such a person wishes to enter the FSM for purposes of official governmental activities and is not entitled to enter without a permit under Title 50 s.102.

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Limits of the record
  • The citation partly overlaps the closed R1 citation (the 'official governmental activities' clause); see notas.
  • https://fsmlaw.org/fsm/code/title50/T50_Ch01_2014.html
    wishes to enter the Federated States of Micronesia for purposes of official governmental activities and who is not entitled to enter the Federated States of Micronesia without a permit under section 102 of this chapter.

What sponsor, authority, nomination, certification, evidence or other step must occur before the status can be obtained?

Application for the permit is made to the President in the form and manner he prescribes; the President may delegate his authority to issue entry permits.

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Limits of the record
  • The captures do not say whether the sending government or organisation must request or certify the application.

What immigration status and rights result, how long do they last, can family be included, and what happens if the special qualifying circumstance ends?

Unless otherwise specified, entry permits last at most one year, with provision for renewal. The official's spouse or unmarried child under 18 may be issued an entry permit for the duration of the official's permit, renewable with it. The official source does not state what happens to the permit when the official duties end.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • The captures do not state what happens to the permit when the official duties end.

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

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