POSTERN

Papua New Guinea

Employer-sponsored work visa. A Papua New Guinea private-sector employer submits a foreign worker’s work-visa application through the Immigration Sponsor Portal.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Employer-sponsored work visa

Work visa for the sponsored employment; the published categories run from six months to three years depending on class.

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Do you have a binding job offer in that country?

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Time
The guide states a target of 10 working days for a complete visa file; employer and labour steps can add time.
Cost
Government charges are assessed under the issuing authority’s schedule; sponsor, translation and document costs are separate.
The hard part
Employer portal sponsorship and separate proof for each dependant.
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Citizens by 2036.

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

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    3 years, renewable for 3 years at a time.

  2. 2035
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test and a civics test.

  3. 2036
    Citizenship
Language
Conversational Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu or a local vernacular.
Civics
Reasonable knowledge of citizenship rights, privileges, responsibilities and duties, and respect for local customs and cultures.
Time away
Eight years of continuous residence, followed by an application within two months of completing the eighth year unless the Minister extends that filing period.
Two passports
It depends on the rules at the time and on your home country.
  • Continuous lawful work residence can build Papua New Guinea’s eight-year naturalisation period.
  • How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
  • Whether you can keep your current citizenship depends on the rules at the time and your home country.
The law behind these dates
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Living there.

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.

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Start today.

  1. Have the PNG employer file through the ICA Sponsor Portal.Open ica.gov.pg ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The signed job offer, salary, and recognized qualifications
    • Request your FBI Identity History Summary
    • Health cover for the move
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Postern can run this for you.

$900for your first year as a founding member. Then $399 a year, automatically.One membership, the whole family. Bank accounts and help putting your plan into action are included.

Postern runs it for one adult US citizen with an already approved PNG portal employer and qualifying non-reserved professional job: combined work-permit and employment visa, arrival and same-employer, same-position extensions; with an approved non-retail employer, accompanying married adult US spouses and unmarried US birth children under 18 ordinarily resident with the parent have separate non-working Dependent paper applications, individual fees and grants, arrivals and timely domestic extensions.

15 steps, from the first paper to the passport. You do 4 of them: send what we ask for, sign, and show up. We run the rest, and keep every permit renewed on time. Opening your bank accounts there is included, whether you move now or keep the plan ready. Government fees, record fees and other costs you approve are extra.

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