Tonga

Assured Income Visa. A non-Tongan retiree with an overseas pension or fund may seek renewable residence in Tonga without work rights.

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Assured Income Visa

Renewable residence visa stated as valid for two years or more; no work, study or business rights.

The applicant must hold a non-Tongan passport, intend to retire, and document a regular overseas pension or fund income of at least TOP 10,000 a year.
Tonga Embassy in Beijing: Assured Income Visa
Provide a recent medical report, police clearance, two references and a passport; the visa does not allow work, study or starting a business.
Tonga Embassy in Beijing: Assured Income Visa

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

2 questions, from the program’s own rules.

Steady monthly income, from any source?

Not legal advice.

Time: The issuing authority decides the application after the complete sponsored file and prerequisite approvals are lodged.
Cost: USD 345 through the Beijing embassy channel; medical, police and document costs are separate.
The hard part: Documenting qualifying overseas retirement income and selecting the competent mission.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

Language: Knowledge of the Tongan language.
Time away: Five years of residence, good character and an intention to keep residing in Tonga before a discretionary certificate of naturalisation.
Two passports: Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Renewed lawful retirement residence can build the five-year naturalisation period.
How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.

The law behind these dates

Time you must spend there: The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax: Where you become tax resident follows the days you spend there and where your home is. We map it for your family before you move.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

Prepare pension and fund evidence, then lodge the assured-income application with the Tonga mission serving the applicant’s residence.Open tongaembassycn.gov.to ↗
Gather these documents.
- Proof of how you will support yourselves
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health cover for the move

The official application forms, submission and recovery specification are not complete. Postern cannot run this application yet.

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