Citizen Spouse or Dependent Entry Permit

Overview

Federated States of Micronesia coverage is lite because the reviewed official source packet is primarily the FSM Code and government portal. It supports the legal framework for entry permits, visitor and specialist entry categories, alien-worker employment, foreign-investor permits, citizen-spouse and dependent entry, and citizenship naturalization, but it does not expose a modern public immigration-service checklist for every filing route. Applicants should confirm the current filing place, form, fee, supporting evidence, state-level business requirements and decision practice with FSM Immigration, the President or designee, the Department of Justice, the Division of Labor, or the competent FSM or state authority before relying on a route. The Immigration Act says an entry permit shall be issued to a lawful spouse of a citizen, with revocation or denial if the parties are divorced, irreconcilably separated or the citizen-spouse is deceased, although the President or designee may grant or reissue indefinite duration on hardship. It also says a dependent entry permit may be issued to an unmarried child under 18 of a citizen or noncitizen spouse, and that spouses or unmarried children under 18 of most noncitizen principals may be issued permits for the principal permit duration.

Additional sources

• Primary source

  FSM National Government portal ↗ · FSM National Government

  Link last verified: 30 June 2026

Eligibility

Application pathway

1. 01

   Check the route fit

   Identify whether the case is citizen spouse, child dependent, or family member of a noncitizen principal.

2. 02

   Build the evidence pack

   Prepare relationship, citizenship, age, principal-permit and sponsor evidence.

3. 03

   Submit through the official channel

   Confirm current filing, fee, duration, renewal and hardship handling with FSM authorities.

4. 04

   After approval

   Maintain status and notify or resolve any family-status change that affects the permit.

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• 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (self-governing country in free association with New Zealand)
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• 🇳🇿 New Zealand

Related routes

• Visitor Entry Permit

  FSM visitor entry-permit route for lawful temporary visits, based on the Immigration Act.

• Citizenship Naturalization

  FSM citizenship and naturalization route under the Citizenship and Naturalization Act.