Services and information A to Z

How accessible this website is, what to do if you have difficulty using it and how to report a problem.

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You need a business licence to sell goods or services on Coral Island, through a company or on your own account.

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For trade, meetings, deliveries and contract work with a host on the island. Valid for 30 days.

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Casino operators, key and gaming employees, and organisers of gaming events need a licence or permit from the Coral Island Gaming Commission.

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For people who intend to live on Coral Island. Valid for twelve months and the route to citizenship.

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For holidays, visiting friends and family, and short private stays. Available for 7, 14 or 30 days.

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For employment with a named employer. Valid for six months and tied to that employer.

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You need a permit for a public event with more than 20 people, amplified music, fireworks or stage effects, alcohol, or the use of a public venue.

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Naturalisation, the interview and the oath.

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The zones around the island, the border status, where aircraft may land and how to get clearance before you fly.

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Moorings, advance notice of arrival, the rules on the Reef Line and how coastal defence works.

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Anyone can ask for information held by a ministry or public body. We answer within 20 days.

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The border status in force and what it means.

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Who needs a business licence, the categories, the conditions, renewals and the offence of trading without one.

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Licences to trade, casino gaming, public events, Government tenders and the public registers.

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Confirm that a visa is valid using its number and the holder's surname.

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Where to find Government offices, the public counter, the border desk, where to pay fees, how to complain and how the media can reach us.

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The one cookie this website uses and what it is for.

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How you may reuse information from this website.

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The independent body that licenses and supervises casino gaming on the island, keeps the public register and runs the self-exclusion scheme.

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A full relocation package: Coral Island residency, your own home in our brand new town, your firearm licence transferred, and you keep your US citizenship. $10,000 one-time. 30 places.

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The Magistrates' Court, the Island Court and the Court of Appeal; prosecutions, the police, arrest, bail, trials, sentences, appeals and the power of mercy.

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Who needs a visa to enter Coral Island, what happens at the desk at Sandy Shores Airfield and the checks on arrival.

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What Government services cost.

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How the Commissioner of the Coral Island Police Service decides applications for firearm certificates, carry permits and visitors' permits, and what holders must do.

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Apply before you fly for clearance to enter Coral Island airspace and land at the airfield or another approved landing point.

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Tell us before you sail so that your vessel is cleared to enter island waters. You can also apply for personal clearance if you are arriving without a registered craft.

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Open consultations and how to respond.

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When an event needs a permit, the public venues on the island, the fees and the conditions.

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How the Coral Island Intelligence Service helps keep the island safe and prosperous: what it does, how it is organised, who it works with, and the safeguards that govern its work.

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The Constitution, ordinances and legal notices.

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The residence permit, the residence requirement for citizenship and what residents need to know.

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Complain about a service, a decision or the way you were treated by a ministry, department or officer of the Government.

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How journalists can reach the Government Information Service.

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The Arms, Flag, Seal and motto of Coral Island, Founding Day, and the rules on their use.

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See what you owe and how to pay.

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What information the Government holds about you when you use this website, why, who sees it and your rights.

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Every business licence in force.

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Every gaming licence in force.

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From 7 days before your visa expires.

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Tell us about an illegal landing, smuggling, damage to the reef or an unlicensed business. Reports are confidential.

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One page listing what you cannot bring or carry on Coral Island, what needs a licence, the places you cannot enter, and the age limits and times that apply.

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The laws that matter most while you are on Coral Island: weapons, drugs, alcohol, driving, behaviour in public, protected places, and what happens if you break them.

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The terms on which you may use this website.

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The island's legislature, how laws are made until the first general election, and the bills before the Transitional Council.

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The promise every visitor is asked to make to protect the Reef Line, and the rules in the protected areas.

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Check a visa, certificate, licence, permit, clearance or Gazette notice.

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Tourist, business, work and residence.

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What you need before you travel, how to get here by scheduled flight, private aircraft or boat, and what to expect on the island.

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Which weapons are prohibited on Coral Island, when you need a firearm certificate, where firearms may never be taken, and the amnesty in October 2026.

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Open vacancies in the public service.

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Vacancies in the public service of Coral Island and how Government employment works.

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How Coral Island is governed: the President, the Cabinet, the ministries, the independent bodies and the laws.

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