In most of the countries you will find diplomatic missions, which usually refers to an embassy and/or a consulate. Diplomatic bodies represent other countries' interests in Fiji, with the aim of strengthening international relations between the states and providing services for their citizens in Fiji.

Embassies and consulates are considered legal territories of their home countries. They are not "foreign territory" but they are protected and considered the property of the country using them, meaning that Fiji does not have jurisdiction over the embassy or consulate of another country.

What is the difference between Embassy and Consulate

The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations international treaty defines the diplomatic mission’s purpose and framework. The various diplomatic missions offer several services and carry out different missions. For example:

• Embassy: This is the primary diplomatic representation of a country’s government and is headed by an ambassador. An embassy is the main location for a diplomatic presence of one country in another. A country has at most one embassy in another country, and is always established in the capital city of the host country. In the absence of a consulate in a country, the embassy has also a consular section to carry out all the relevant consular services (see below).
• Consulate General: This is a diplomatic mission, headed by a consul that provides a full range of services such as: issuing passports/visas, keeping birth and marriage records, assisting expats, providing legal information, translations etc. It can be located in any major city of the host country, although often in the capital city (in certain cases, in the same building as the embassy). In major countries and large territories, you often have more than one consulate.
• Honorary Consulate: It supplements the Consulate to provide a limited range of consular services and is headed by an honorary consul. They help nationals abroad. For example, in the event of a hospital stay, missing person, death, natural disaster or another emergency. They can also issue emergency travel documents and consular declarations for which the applicant is required to appear in person.

NB: You will usually apply for a visa at the Consulate of the country you want to visit. However, if there is no such representation in Fiji, you can apply for a visa at the embassy.

Where to find Consulates and Embassies in Fiji

Not all countries have an Embassy and/or a Consulate as it depends of the political situation, the relationship with the host country, the size of the country, and the number of foreign citizens living there.

In some cases, countries can share representations and you can be assisted by the services of another embassy or consular service to get the information you need.

We recommend you register/contact your country’s embassy at your destination. It is a free service provided by any diplomatic mission and it will allow them to record information about your upcoming trip abroad. It can be used to assist you in case of an emergency.

Registration will also allow you to get routine information from your nearest embassy or consulate, as citizens residing abroad.

The Fiji capital, Suva hosts 23 embassies and high commissions.

There are also 15 consulates and another representation located in Fiji. 

All consulates and honorary consulates are located in Suva, except for those countries who own an embassy in the capital of Fiji and might have another diplomatic mission outside the capital.

You will find below a list of selected countries (the list is not exhaustive) that have a diplomatic mission in Fiji. The list includes embassies, consulates, honorary consulates, and sometimes other official representations for you to be able to get information and services.

Embassies and Main Consulates in Suva

Australia

Australian High Commission in Fiji

Address: 37 Princes Road, Tamavua, P. O. Box 214, Suva
Tel: (+679) 338 2211
Email: consular.suva@dfat.gov.au
Social Media: https://twitter.com/AusHCFJ and https://www.facebook.com/australiainfiji/ and https://www.instagram.com/aushcfj/   

The Australian High Commissioner to the Republic of Fiji is the official representative of the Australian Government in Fiji and is Australia's Permanent Representative to the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.

The Australian High Commission in Suva provides consular services to Australians facing serious difficulties overseas in line with the Consular Services Charter. This includes Assisting Australian citizens in difficult situations overseas, including serious injury, illness or death, arrest and detention. Providing support during crises and international emergencies, issuing passports and travel documents to Australian citizens and offering a limited range of notarial services, such as witnessing and legalizing documents and administering oaths and affirmations.

China

Embassy of China in Fiji

Address: 183 Queen Elizabeth Drive, Nasese, Suva
Tel: (+679) 330 0215
Email: chinaemb_fj@mfa.gov.cn
Social Media: https://twitter.com/ChineseEmb_FJ  and https://www.facebook.com/MFA.CHN/
Opening hours: 08:30 am to 11:30 am. From Monday to Friday
The embassy does not accept passport and visa notarization or authentication applications in the afternoon.

The consular section provides a range of consular services such as information about Chinese visas, certificates and legalization, document authentication as well as notary certification and marriage registration and consular protection to all Chinese living abroad.

France

French Embassy in Fiji

Address: Pacific House, 2nd Floor
Butt Street, Suva
Tel: (+679) 331 05 26
Email: information.suva-amba@diplomatie.gouv.fr
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/france.ilesfidji and https://twitter.com/ambafrancefj and https://www.instagram.com/franceauxfidji/
Opening hours: The Embassy opens from Monday to Thursday, from 8.30am to 12.30pm and from 2pm to 5pm.
On Fridays, it opens from 8.30am to 12.00pm.

The French embassy in Fiji provides representation to France in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu.

It offers services such as: reception of the public (consular affairs), register of French nationals established outside France, identity cards and passports, civil status: marriages, births..., other steps (legalization of signature, driver's license...), elections, national service and assembly of French nationals abroad.

Honorary Consulates: In addition to the embassy in Suva, France has another consulate in Nadi (hon.consul.fr.nadi@gmail.com).

Germany

Embassy of Germany in Fiji

Address: 14 Banuve Street, Nasese, Suva
Tel: (+679) 331 6100
Email: suva@hk-diplo.de
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/GER.Embassy.Fiji and https://x.com/GermanyPacific
Opening hours: Monday - Friday: 08:30am - 12:30pm

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Fiji provides passports and ID cards’ services, nationality, family and inheritance matters, criminal records, visa and entry, lawyers, doctors and translators and customs service, etc.

Japan

Embassy of Japan in Fiji

Address: Level 2, BSP Life Centre, Thomson Street, P.O. Box 13045, Suva
Tel: (+679) 3304 633
Email: eojculture@fj.mofa.go.jp
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/JAPANembFIJI and https://twitter.com/japanembfiji?lang=en
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m and 2:00 p.m to 4:00 p.m

The embassy of Japan in Fiji is also accredited to Tuvalu and Nauru.

The Japanese embassy provides a range of consular services such as visa and passport processing as well as document legalization.

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

British High Commission in Fiji

Address: Victoria House, 47 Gladstone Road, P.O. Box 1355, Suva
Tel: (+679) 322 9100
Email: publicdiplomacysuva@fco.gov.uk
Social Media: https://twitter.com/ukinfiji and https://www.facebook.com/ukinfiji/
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday - 8am to 4pm and Friday - 8am to 01pm

The British Embassy in Fiji provides services to British nationals living and visiting the country. Some of the services are emergency travel document replacement, notarial and documentary services, marriage, consular fees, etc.

USA (United States of America)

Embassy of the United States of America in Fiji

Address: 158 Princes Road, Tamavua, Suva
Tel: (+679) 331 4466
Email: SuvaACS@state.gov
Social Media: https://twitter.com/USEmbassySuva and https://www.instagram.com/usembassysuva/ and https://www.facebook.com/usembassysuva
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM

The United States Embassy in Suva, Fiji also serves Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu.

The US representation in Fiji provides a range of consular services such as regular passport applications and renewals, Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA), and notarial services, assistance on death of a U.S. Citizen and emergency financial assistance, etc.

Honorary Consulates in Fiji

Contact directly the Embassy/Consulate website for more information.

For countries with no consulates or embassies in Fiji, the Honorary Consulates are supervised by diplomatic representations located in other countries, often Wellington, in New Zealand or Canberra, in Australia for Fiji.

General Consulates and embassies in Suva

• Belgium
• Denmark
• Finland
• India (cons.suva@mea.gov.in)
• Netherlands
• Switzerland (suva@honrep.ch)