Fiji Emigration and Immigration

Primarily three groups of people comprise most of the immigrants to Fiji; Europeans, who started coming in 1835; Indians who came in 1879; and other Polynesians. The primary emigration of people from Fiji are to the following four countries: Australia, U.S.A., New Zealand and Canada.

Emigration/Immigration records
These records connect individuals with place of origin and current residence to identify further records. They include passenger lists, passport applications, naturalization records, various files kept for minorities entering to work in the country. Records exist from 1870 to the present. A significant portion of the historical population consisted of indentured labor from India in the late 1800s. Records can be found at local administrative offices and archives.

These records generally contain the name of the individual, birth date, birth place, profession, names and ages of spouse and children.

FamilySearch's holdings of emigration and immigration records includes:
 * Fiji. Department of Labour. Plantation registers-Polynesian, 1878-1914
 * Fiji. Emigration Agent. Indian immigration passes, 1879-1916
 * Fiji. Fijian Affairs Board. List of journals of government agents, about 1876-1914
 * Fiji. Fijian Affairs Board. Returns of Europeans resident in Fiji, January, 1874 and May - November, 1875
 * Fiji. Immigration Department. Passport cards from Fiji, ca. 1915-1991
 * Fiji. Police Department and Immigration. General register of immigrants (Polynesian), 1870-1911
 * Fiji. Police Department and Immigration. Plantation register of Indian immigrants, 1879-1919
 * Fiji. Police Department and Immigration. Register of deaths of Indian immigration (by plantation), 1899-1922