Overview and description
Summary: The Education long term work permit refers to an employment in any locally registered school/institute for the duration of one (1) to three (03) years.
Requirements
Criteria
- The Ministry reserves all rights to acquire additional documents for further verification, as and when required
- If a question is not applicable to you, please put N/A (Not applicable)
- Under the Immigration Act 2003 Part 2 Section 5(4)(b) – Providing false information in this application can lead to imprisonment or a fine or both
Conditions
- Be medically fit to work/reside in Fiji
- No adverse police record
- Applicant on short term work permit can apply for a New long-term permit while in the country
- First-time lodgement of a new long-term work permit, the applicant must be outside the country, except where the applicant is the spouse of a Fiji citizen.
- Checklist must be satisfied, as stated under Required documentation
Validity: One (1) to three (03) years
Who can apply
- Applicant must be a person 18 years of age and over
- Applicant should be a non-Fiji citizen
- Applicant who holds a valid employment contract with a locally registered school/institute.
- Applicant on a valid Education short term work permit
- Spouse of a Fiji Citizen
Who cannot apply
- Applicants below 18 years of age
- Applicants who hold a study, residence, investor or visitor permit
- Applicants on Business Visitor's Permit (BVP)
- Prohibited Immigrants (PI) – Overstayers [Immigration Act 2003 Part 4 Section 13 (2)(a)] and Convicted Persons from any foreign country [Immigration Act 2003 Part 4 Section 13 (2)(e)]
Required documentation
Documents that must be gathered before starting the application:
- National Police report for the applicant from the country of residence where he/she has lived for twelve (12) months or more
- Employment contract
- Letter from Professional Body – Endorsement letter from Ministry of Education (MOE)
Checklist
Primary applicant
- Certified copy of 1 passport photo (recent 3 months)
- National Police report (1 year validity from date of issue) – Certified/Apostille
- Medical report (3 months validity from date of issue) – Download here
- Certified copy of passport biodata page – must be valid more than six months
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Certified copies of Academic Qualifications
- Terms and Conditions form (satisfaction of clauses 11 & 12) – Download here
- Employee Consent and Declaration form – Download here
- Signed Contract of Employment – Download here
Dependents
- Certified copy of 1 passport photo (recent 3 months validity)
- National Police report (18 years and above – 1 year validity from date of issue)
- Medical report (3 months validity from date of issue) – Download here
- Certified copy of passport bio-data page (must be valid for more than 6 months)
- Residence Terms and conditions – Download here
- Certified Marriage certificate (spouse)
- Certified Birth certificate (all dependents)
Employer
- Letter from Professional Body – Endorsement letter from Ministry of Education (MOE)
Fee structure
Payment methods
Online service fee charged by the service providers
