Fiji · Retirement
Residence on Assured Income Permit
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Last verified July 2026
Open to applicants aged 45 and above. The Ministry of Immigration does not publish a numeric income threshold — the official criterion is offshore assets 'sufficient to ensure that he/she will not become a charge on public funds.' Figures circulating in agent marketing are not government-published.
The cheapest lawful way for an over-45 family to establish a real Pacific base. It is also unusually discretionary — no published threshold means no certainty, and that cuts both ways.
Qualifying routes
650 FJD
Residence on assured income
FJD 650.05 application fee for new applications and extensions alike; an issue fee and bond fee are payable on approval and are not published as a fixed figure
The facts
- Qualifying figure
- 650 FJD
- Total landed cost
- FJD 650.05 to apply, plus an unpublished issue fee and bond on approval. The binding requirement is demonstrable offshore income or assets, not a fee.
- Timeline
- 1–3 months — the Ministry states a standard processing period of 21 working days
- Physical presence
- Not clearly published; the permit contemplates residing in Fiji
- Family
- spousedependent children
- Permanent residency
- renewable rather than a defined permanent track
- Citizenship
- naturalisation after 5 cumulative years of residence within any 10-year period
- Language test
- none prominently published
- Dual citizenship
- Permitted
- Requirements
- aged 45 or aboveoffshore assets or income sufficient to avoid becoming a charge on public fundsoffshore bank statement (new applications) or local bank statement (extensions)medical report within 3 monthspolice clearance
What can go wrong
- No published income threshold means the decision is discretionary. Agent-quoted figures are inventions; ask the Ministry.
- Age 45+ for new applications rules out younger families entirely.
- A bond is payable on approval and its amount is not published in advance.
- Extensions require a local bank statement — the money must actually come to Fiji.
- Taking Fiji residence brings worldwide income into a 20% net. For most UHNW families this permit is a lifestyle purchase with a tax cost attached.