·Federated States of Micronesia·Material change·In force
FSM immigration, labor and citizenship code sources rechecked
By Sam Parks · Last reviewed:
Current Federated States of Micronesia legal-code pages were rechecked for the nine route records. The statutes confirm the permit categories and statutory conditions; modern filing checklists, fees and state-level handling remain explicit authority-confirmation items, and the linked FSM Immigration-Travel page timed out.
What changed
Policy claim 1
FSM Title 50 says a permit is not required for a visit of 30 days or less, allows an additional period up to 60 days for longer visits, and separately lists visitor, student, salesperson, alien-worker, foreign-investor, researcher, missionary, spouse and dependent permit categories.
Claim ID: fm-2026-10-immigration-code-refresh#claim-1·Cite this claim
Source: FSM Code Title 50 - Immigration Act (Federated States of Micronesia Legal Information System)·source verified ·page reviewed
Policy claim 2
Title 50 limits entry permits to one year unless otherwise specified and says a status change generally requires written authorization plus departure and re-entry; current route records retain this as a legal-framework warning rather than an inferred filing checklist.
Claim ID: fm-2026-10-immigration-code-refresh#claim-2·Cite this claim
Source: FSM Code Title 50 - Immigration Act (Federated States of Micronesia Legal Information System)·source verified ·page reviewed
Policy claim 3
FSM Title 51 gives qualified resident workers preference, requires vacancy publicity for 30 days in the employment district and 15 days in other districts, and provides a temporary-employee exception of up to 90 days with possible extensions to a 180-day total.
Claim ID: fm-2026-10-immigration-code-refresh#claim-3·Cite this claim
Source: FSM Code Title 51 - Labor (Federated States of Micronesia Legal Information System)·source verified ·page reviewed
Policy claim 4
FSM Title 32 requires a currently valid Foreign Investment Permit for a noncitizen engaging in business, while Title 7 naturalization requires at least five years of lawful residence immediately before filing, the listed family or national basis, renunciation and oath requirements, and competence in an indigenous FSM language demonstrated by examination.
Claim ID: fm-2026-10-immigration-code-refresh#claim-4·Cite this claim
Source: FSM Code Titles 32 and 7 (Federated States of Micronesia Legal Information System)·source verified ·page reviewed
Policy claim 5
The FSM national government portal is current as a government entry point, but its linked Immigration-Travel page at ppa.fm timed out during this review; current forms, fees, filing place and state-level requirements remain exceptions requiring direct authority confirmation.
Claim ID: fm-2026-10-immigration-code-refresh#claim-5·Cite this claim
Source: FSM National Government portal (FSM National Government)·source verified ·page reviewed
Routes affected
Primary source
Primary source
FSM Code Title 50 - Immigration Act ↗ · Federated States of Micronesia Legal Information System
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