- Permit Unit receives grant fee receipt
- Permit Unit receives receipt of grant fee from the Ministry of Finance and Treasury. This step concludes the application process and applicant is now permitted to enter the Solomon Islands.
- Passport presented to Permit Unit
Applicant can now present passport to Permit Unit for stamping/issuance of visa. This is usually done upon arrival in the country or before travelling to the Solomon Islands.
- Contact Immigration Division
- Contact the Permit Unit
- Visa grant fee
- A fee may be charged for the processing and granting of a Long term special purpose visa (research). Payments are to be made in Solomon Islands dollars or paid out in cheque to the Solomon Islands Government – Immigration Division.
Payments are to be made at the Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MoFT). An official receipt will be issued. A copy of the receipt will be forwarded to the Immigration Division’s Permit Unit.
- Applying from overseas
- If applying from overseas, applicant can pay at their nearest Solomon Islands High Commission office or Consulate or Embassy and send in a scanned copy of the receipt with their completed application form. Alternatively the applicant can request approval from the Director of Immigration to pay upon arrival.
- Find a Solomon Islands overseas Mission Station near you.
- Contact the Permit Unit
- Contact the Director of Immigration
A hard copy of the application form should be submitted with attachments and a copy of the receipt to the Immigration Division’s Permit Unit.
- Find our Office
- Contact the Permit Unit
- Contact Immigration Division
Scanned copies of completed application forms and required attachments can also be submitted electronically to the Immigration Division.
- Submit your application online
- Processing of application
Applications will be processed through the following steps:
- Filing
- Confirmation is done by Monitoring unit
- Consideration done by the Senior Immigration Officer
- Approval & further consideration done by the Chief Immigration officer
- Approval letter issued to applicant (grant)
o Visa application fee
A fee will be charged for the processing and granting of a Long term special purpose visa (research). Payments are to be made in Solomon Islands dollars or paid out in cheque to the Solomon Islands Government – Immigration Division.
o How to pay
Payments are to be made at the Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MoFT). An official receipt will be issued.
If applying from overseas, applicant can pay at their nearest Solomon Islands High Commission office or Consulate or Embassy and send in a scanned copy of the receipt with their completed application form. Alternatively the applicant can request approval from the Director of Immigration to pay upon arrival.
- Find a Solomon Islands overseas Mission Station near you.
- Contact the Director of Immigration
- Contact the Permit Unit
- Contact Immigration Division
Copies of the following documents must be attached with the application Form for a Long term special purpose visa (research).
- Research permit from relevant Ministry
- Marriage certificate (if married)
- Medical report
- Police clearance or report
- Passport bio-data page
- Passport photo (If applying from overseas scanned color copy of application form with passport photo attached must be submitted)
- FORM 16-EMPLOYMENT AND SPECIAL PURPOSE SPONSORSHIP FORM – signed by senior personnel within organisation
- Cover letter – details of person and duration of engagement.
- Required attachments included
After filling out the visa application form and attaching the required documents, submission of the form to the Immigration Division will require payment of an application fee.
o The Application Form
Applications for a Long term special purpose visa (research) are made by filling out the Immigration Division’s visa application Form 11. This form can be downloaded from this website or collected from the Immigration Division Office.
o Filling out the Form
The application Form must be accompanied by the required attachments stated in the Form.
o Further information
o A person cannot be a volunteer if they are a full-time employee of a church or NGO based in the Solomon Islands
