Digital Nomad & Residency - Solomon Islands

The official Immigration Division visa list contains no digital-nomad, remote-work or freelance visa category; available categories are tourist/visitor, business, employment/work, student, special-purpose (volunteer/research) and family-relationship visas.

Employment in the Solomon Islands requires an employer-sponsored work permit, and the Working Resident Visa (long-term employment) is intended for expatriates with secured local employment — not for self-employed remote workers serving foreign clients.

A short-term Business Visa is valid for one year with single or multiple entry, allows a maximum stay of 180 days, and is non-renewable — suitable for consultants/investors making frequent short visits rather than continuous remote-work residence.

Long-term visas are available to foreigners intending to reside for business, investment, employment, study or research; entry-and-residence visas are granted for a maximum of two years and must be extended thereafter.

A Permanent Resident Visa (Resident, Long Term) is open to those who have lawfully resided in the Solomon Islands for at least five consecutive years on other valid visas; it is issued for five years subject to residency requirements.

The Solomon Islands has no operational residency-by-investment or citizenship-by-investment programme; a Citizenship by Investment Bill has reportedly been drafted and reviewed but is not yet enacted law, so it cannot currently be relied upon as a pathway.