Tuvalu student permit

Study in Tuvalu is one of the purposes for which regulation 3 allows a permit to enter and reside. The applicant must show good health and character, meet the requirements of the Immigration Act and hold a valid outward ticket or pay a repatriation bond. Students whose parents live in Tuvalu and who are returning on vacation or after finishing studies abroad may enter without a permit under section 7 of the Act.

Submit Form 3, completed in English or Tuvaluan and signed (by a parent or guardian if the student is under 18), with the passport or certificate of identity, two passport-size photographs, the fee, evidence of the study purpose, and evidence of financial capacity or a resident sponsor's form. Stays of more than a year also require medical and radiological examinations and police reports from every place you lived in for over a year during the past five years.

Regulation 7 sets the study permit fee at 300 dollars for the principal applicant and 150 dollars for each dependant, with the same rates for extensions. Tuvalu uses Australian currency.

Apply on Form 4 before the permit expires. A permit to enter and reside may be extended no more than three times in any five years unless the Minister certifies, on the advice of the Citizenship Committee, that a further extension is in the national interest. Decisions can be referred to the Minister within 14 days.