Fiji or New Caledonia
Two countries side by side across the same rows as the full comparison. A dash means the value is missing: fields are not filled with guesses. about the data
| Fiji | New Caledonia | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | — | — |
| Citizenship | 5 years | — |
| Partner can work | no | — |
| Parents | — | — |
| Pets | difficult | — |
| Pet limit | no limit | no limit |
| Quarantine | 30 days | — |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 992 · estimate | — |
| Basket | $ 30,2 | — |
| Life expectancy | 67.46 | 78.92 |
| Homicides/100k | 2.37 | 3.11 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 4.9 | — |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Fiji — 19, New Caledonia — 23. Types present in both: work, study, family and investment. Fiji adds: repatriation and retirement. New Caledonia adds: startup and talent.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Fiji: fees range from 321 to 650.05 FJD. Routes with no fee: 6. Routes with a published decision deadline: 10; the shortest is 21 days. New Caledonia: the fee is 3,000 XPF wherever it is published. Routes stating an income threshold: 1; the lowest is 73,389 XPF a month.
Beyond the first permit
Citizenship: Fiji after 5 years; the other country publishes no term.
Fiji in brief
Fiji is an archipelago in the South Pacific; its economy rests on tourism (the main entry flow is through Nadi International Airport, with transit to the resort islands of the Mamanuca and Yasawa groups, which have no separate cities), the sugar industry, and a growing outsourcing sector (BPO/KPO). The immigration system (Immigration Act 2003, Immigration Regulations 2007) is built on renewable permits — work permits (Short/Long Term Work Permit), an investor permit (Investor Permit), and a rentier-retiree permit (Residence Permit on Assured Income) — with no separate permanent-residence category: time held on these permits counts directly towards the naturalisation threshold (5 of the last 10 years). Dual citizenship has been permitted since 2009. A separate digital nomad visa, announced in 2022, does not appear in the Ministry of Immigration's list of active categories as of this research (August 2026). The country is officially rabies-free and maintains strict quarantine controls on importing dogs and cats — the only pets for which an import procedure exists. The climate risk reflected in the INFORM index is the tropical cyclone season from November to April. A significant share of the territory (87%) is iTaukei communal land, which cannot be bought into ownership by either a citizen or a foreigner — it can only be leased for up to 99 years through the iTaukei Land Trust Board; only the remaining portion of land (freehold and state land) is in free circulation.
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This material is for reference and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Visa rules, tax thresholds and prices change. Before deciding anything, check the official sources and consult a licensed professional in the relevant country.