Permit to Enter and Reside - Business

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:

(a) the conduct of business in Tuvalu;

(a) a description of the nature of the business;

(iv) the information and evidence required by the immigration officer to demonstrate the applicant fits the purpose for which the application is being made;

(a) the conduct of business in Tuvalu;

An application for a Permit to Enter and Reside to conduct business must be accompanied by: (a) a description of the nature of the business; (b) proof of the financial resources of the applicant; and

(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:

(h) where the person has a Permit to Enter and Reside to conduct business, such business has ceased or the person has changed business activities.

1. Conduct of business - $600 for the principal applicant and $150 for each dependent if lodged outside Tuvalu, and $1,200 for the principal applicant and $300 for each dependent if lodged inside Tuvalu.

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).

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.

(a) to conduct of business 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 inside Tuvalu;