You will need to notify Customs at least 24 hours before your intended time of departure.

You are required to fill and complete the “Yachts Report Outwards ” and submit it with all crew & passenger passports and all immigration documents.

After processing of your departure clearance, the Customs Officer will grant a Certificate of Clearance which will require you to depart Fiji immediately or as soon as practicable.

It is an offence under the Immigration Act and Customs Act to remain within Fiji 24 hours after your departure clearance has been granted. Heavy penalties will be applied for non - compliance.

Liability to duty and/or forfeiture:

Your yacht will be liable to duty at full Tariff Rate and/or forfeiture if:

a) It is in any way disposed of in Fiji (i.e. sold, abandoned[1] or given as gift);

b) It is put to commercial use or for other consideration whilst in Fiji waters (i.e. taken for commercial charters, hired or leased cruises);

c) The owner/master is associated with any entity in Fiji as an employee or employer either upon arrival or subsequently;

d) You/The Owner enter(s) and reside(s) in Fiji either upon arrival or subsequently;

e) The yacht is not exported permanently within 18 months of the date of the yacht’s arrival in Fiji;

f) The owner/master of the yacht is a holder of a Fiji Immigration permit to enter and reside in Fiji either before arrival or subsequently.

g) Special approval will be given to owners who need medical attention or who need to purchase spare parts personally from overseas. For these reasons, yacht owners will need to make a request in writing to the Customs at their port of location; (in such situations the yacht will not be subjected to duty).

h) Local persons will not be permitted to bring in yachts under Code 228.

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[1] Abandoned does not mean vacating the yacht for short intervals if the owner or master has to fly overseas.