Resume rules in Tuvalu
What employers in Tuvalu expect on a Curriculum Vitae (CV) / Resume, what the law lets them ask for, and where the two disagree.
Call it a CV for Tuvalu or a resume for Tuvalu: it's the same document. Employers there usually want it written in English.
This is research, not legal advice. Employment and data protection law changes, state and provincial rules matter in federal countries, and practice varies by industry and seniority. Each entry shows when it was looked up and how confident we are. Where nothing reliable was published it says Not found rather than a guess.
Law and practice, side by side
The label on the right is what local hiring expects. The two lines under it are the law and the habit, which often disagree.
Photo: Optional
Optional; not mentioned as standard practice on CV itself
What the law says: No CV photo rule found
Date of birth: Optional
Optional
What the law says: No rule
Marital status: Optional
Optional
What the law says: No rule
Sex or gender: Optional
Optional
What the law says: Discrimination prohibited on gender; no CV rule
Nationality: Optional
Optional
What the law says: Foreign workers must have work permit; no CV rule
National ID number: Not found
Not on CV
The rest of the entry
- Local name of the document
- Curriculum Vitae (CV) / Resume
- Language to submit in
- English
- Typical length
- Not specified; standard practice 1-2 pages
- Address detail expected
- Contact address typical
- Signature and date
- Not standard
- Religion, ethnicity or caste
- Discrimination prohibited on religion; no CV rule
- Health, disability or pregnancy
- Discrimination prohibited on disability; no CV rule
- Other customary attachments
- Work permits require: employment contract, qualifications/CV copies, passport, police clearance, medical certificate
- Employer may not ask for
- Discrimination on race, gender, disability, religion, sexual orientation (since 2017)
- Named statutes
- Employment Ordinance; Labour and Employment Relations Act 2017; Data Protection and Privacy Act 2020
- Data protection regime
- Data Protection and Privacy Act 2020 (Tuvalu Data Protection Authority enforces)
- Anti-discrimination statutes
- Labour and Employment Relations Act 2017 (prohibits discrimination on race, gender, disability, religion, sexual orientation)
- Local language source
- English only
Where this came from
Looked up 2026-08-15. Independently checked 2026-08-15. High confidence. Result of that check: Confirmed.
Notes: Tuvalu's Employment Ordinance and Labour/Employment Relations Act prohibit discrimination but do not specify CV format requirements. Data Protection and Privacy Act 2020 governs personal data. Sexual orientation discrimination banned since 2017.
Researched with AI assistants working from a written checklist, then independently checked. How we researched this