Overview

• 8,750 Tuvaluans registered for the inaugural climate visa ballot for 280 annual permanent residency slots under the 2023 Falepili Union Treaty.
• Australia’s High Commission held the lottery on July 25, with the selected cohort expected to resettle by the end of 2025.
• Visa holders will receive the same health, education, housing and employment rights as Australian citizens and retain the option to return to Tuvalu.
• NASA data shows Tuvalu’s sea levels have risen 15 cm since the early 1990s, endangering the country’s coralline atolls and critical infrastructure by mid-century.
• Tuvalu is digitally preserving its islands and relocating governance online through a 3D scanning initiative to maintain cultural heritage as it plans migration.