HOW TO APPLY FOR TONGAN PASSPORT
For full eligibility requirements, please visit FIBA INTERNAL REGULATIONS
Tongan-born players eligibility rules imposed by FIBA on national team players applies to both men and women. A player who seeks to represent a country must hold legal nationality of that country.
Foreign-born players with bloodline connection with the country they want to represent must prove their legal nationality through a passport obtained before turning age 16, regardless of any local laws that deem that nationality as having existed before that time. Players who obtained their passport afterwards can still play but they would be considered as "naturalized" players by FIBA rather than as a local. FIBA allows one naturalized player to be on the roster of a national team per game in 5x5 competition. For 3x3 competitions, a team can have as many “naturalized players” per team.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
For foreign-born players:
Affidavit for Tonga's Birth Registry - Attached here
Affidavit to waiver original documents for notarised copies (if necessary) - Attached here
Application Form - fill out and download
Original Birth Certificate
Passport
Father/Mother’s Permanent Resident card - if you have it.
Copy of your parents' Marriage Certificate
Father/Mother’s Tongan passport - this can be uplifted in Tonga
Father/Mother’s Tongan birth certificate - this can be uplifted in Tonga
Letter to act on behalf
Two passport photos
*Note: you can do the process without providing originals BUT they all need to be notarised AND a $150TOP per document applies as a bond.
Cost (in Tongan Paʻanga)
Birth Certificate: $16.00 (6.78 USD)
Passport: $90.00 (38.15 USD)
Bond: $150.00 (63.59 USD) (refundable)
Waiver: $16.00 (6.78 USD)
