Register a company in Fiji

Yes. The Registrar takes name reservations and company applications online and issues the Certificate of Incorporation electronically, and Investment Fiji confirms that investors who are not in the country can have an agent lodge for them. The part you cannot cover from abroad is the resident director: the Registrar wants at least one director who ordinarily lives in Fiji, which means 6 of the previous 12 months there. If you want a local bank account, the bank may also ask for your investor permit.

Registration starts from $2,900. Official Registrar of Companies fees and a legal address, if you need ours, are quoted separately. With an EMI or online bank account, from $4,800. The official fees themselves are small: FJD 50 for the name and FJD 45 for a private company. A foreign investor, though, also has to bring FJD 300,000 into Fiji within 3 months of incorporation.

Yes, and it is the first thing we plan around. The Investment (Reserved and Restricted Activities) Regulations 2022 set a minimum of FJD 300,000 for foreign investors: any individual who is not a Fijian citizen, and any legal person with its headquarters registered or incorporated outside Fiji. Investment Fiji describes it as paid-up capital, and the money has to reach Fiji within 3 months of incorporation. Restricted activities need more, up to FJD 2,000,000 for hotels, resorts and real estate. The Minister may waive the threshold on an economic analysis or a skills assessment, though we would not build a plan around a waiver. Missing the deadline is an offence: an individual faces a fine of up to FJD 10,000, up to 5 years in prison, or both; a body corporate, a fine of up to FJD 50,000.

Corporate tax is 25%, charged on worldwide income for a resident company. VAT is 12.5% from 1 August 2025 and compulsory once turnover passes FJD 100,000. Payments to non-residents carry 10% withholding on interest and 15% on royalties and management or professional fees, before treaty relief. PwC's 2024 summary lists 0% on dividends to non-residents, which we reconfirm before you distribute. The tax return is due three months after the income year, and advance tax is paid in nine instalments.

The Registrar publishes no incorporation timeline, so we will not quote one. businessNOW, the government's one-stop portal, targets 14 days for each complete application, which covers the Reserve Bank share letter and the TIN. The fixed date comes from the law: FJD 300,000 in Fiji and the update report filed within 3 months of incorporation. Our own preparation time is confirmed in your quote.

Our second package opens an account with an EMI or online bank, remotely. A Fiji dollar account with a commercial bank comes later: Investment Fiji says it can be opened after approvals from the Registrar, FRCS and the Reserve Bank, and the bank may also want your investor permit from the Immigration Department. Exchange control applies to money going out. Banks can remit dividends to non-resident shareholders up to FJD 500,000 a year, with a tax clearance certificate for amounts above FJD 20,000, and anything larger needs the Reserve Bank.

No partner. Investment Fiji answers that question with a straight no, and a single shareholder is enough. A director, yes: the Registrar requires at least one director ordinarily resident in Fiji for a private company. A public company needs three directors, two of them resident, plus a resident secretary. For a private company, no secretary is listed.

The 2022 regulations give a complete list with higher thresholds. Retail business (FSIC 451-479), logging (with value adding) and nightclubs or liquor bars away from hotels or resorts need FJD 500,000; tobacco manufacturing and homestays or backpackers FJD 1,000,000; fishing FJD 1,500,000; hotels, resorts and real estate other than agency FJD 2,000,000. The first FJD 300,000 must arrive within 3 months and the rest within 12 months. The regulations list no activity reserved for domestic investors, but investment in critical infrastructure, such as energy, transport, communications or data storage, needs the Minister's approval.

Here the official sources disagree. The Registrar's company page, last updated in September 2025, still says registration for foreign shareholders is subject to Investment Fiji approval and asks for a Foreign Investment Registration Certificate under the Foreign Investment Act 1999. That Act was repealed when the Investment Act 2021 took effect on 1 August 2022, and Investment Fiji now says investors register directly with the Registrar. We confirm what the Registrar currently wants on your file before lodging. For each foreign director and member, its checklist asks for the passport bio-data page.

The annual fee, within 28 days after each anniversary of registration. The corporate tax return, three months after the income year, with advance tax in nine instalments. VAT returns, monthly or quarterly, once you are registered. For reporting, the Act sorts companies by revenue, small up to FJD 5 million and large above FJD 20 million, and we confirm what your company must lodge. A foreign investor also files one update report with the Ministry within 3 months of incorporation.