Exhibit (i)

December 20, 2013

Fidelity Investment Trust

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Re: Post-Effective Amendment No. 140 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Fidelity Investment Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Trust") and its separate seriesFidelity Canada Fund, Fidelity China Region Fund, Fidelity Diversified International Fund, Fidelity Emerging Asia Fund,Fidelity Emerging Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) Fund, Fidelity Emerging Markets Discovery Fund, FidelityEmerging Markets Fund, Fidelity Europe Capital Appreciation Fund, Fidelity Europe Fund, Fidelity Global CommodityStock Fund, Fidelity Global Equity Income Fund, Fidelity International Capital Appreciation Fund, Fidelity InternationalDiscovery Fund, Fidelity International Growth Fund, Fidelity International Small Cap Fund, Fidelity International SmallCap Opportunities Fund, Fidelity International Value Fund, Fidelity Japan Fund, Fidelity Japan Smaller Companies Fund,Fidelity Latin America Fund, Fidelity Nordic Fund, Fidelity Overseas Fund, Fidelity Pacific Basin Fund, Fidelity SeriesEmerging Markets Fund, Fidelity Series International Growth Fund, Fidelity Series International Small Cap Fund, Fidelity Series International Value Fund, Fidelity Total Emerging Markets Fund, Fidelity Total International Equity Fund, andFidelity Worldwide Fund (the "Funds"), in connection with Post-Effective Amendment No. 140 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the "Amendment") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

In connection with the opinions set forth herein, you have provided to us originals, copies or facsimile transmissions of,and we have reviewed and relied upon, among other things, copies of the following: the Amendment; the Amended andRestated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated March 14, 2001, as amended; and the By-Laws of the Trust dated June17, 2004 (the "By-Laws").  In addition, we have reviewed and relied upon a Certificate issued by the Secretary of theCommonwealth of Massachusetts.  We have assumed that the By-Laws have been duly adopted by the Trustees.  We havealso examined such documents and questions of law as we have concluded are necessary or appropriate for purposes ofthe opinions expressed below.

In rendering this opinion we have assumed, without independent verification, (i) the due authority of all individuals signing in representative capacities and the genuineness of signatures; (ii) the authenticity, completeness and continued effectiveness of all documents or copies furnished to us; (iii) that any resolutions provided have been duly adopted by theFunds' Board of Trustees; (iv) that the facts contained in the instruments and certificates or statements of public officials,officers and representatives of each Fund on which we have relied for the purposes of this opinion are true and correct;and (v) that no amendments, agreements, resolutions or actions have been approved, executed or adopted which wouldlimit, supersede or modify the items described above.  Where documents are referred to in resolutions approved by theBoard of Trustees, or in the Amendment, we have assumed such documents are the same as in the most recent form provided to us, whether as an exhibit to the Amendment or otherwise. When any opinion set forth below relates to the existence or standing of the Trust, such opinion is based entirely upon and is limited by the items referred to above, and weunderstand that the foregoing assumptions, limitations and qualifications are acceptable to you.

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Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

1. 	the Trust has been duly formed and is validly existing as a business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts; and

2. 	the Shares registered under the Securities Act, when issued in accordance with the terms described in the Amendment, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable by the Trust.

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the federal securitieslaws of the United States.  We express no opinion herein with respect to the effect or applicability of the law of any otherjurisdiction.  The opinions expressed herein are solely for your benefit and may not be relied on in any manner or for anypurpose by any other person.

We express no opinion as to any other matter other than as expressly set forth above and no other opinion is intended ormay be inferred herefrom.  The opinions expressed herein are given as of the date hereof and we undertake no obligationand hereby disclaim any obligation to advise you of any change after the date of this opinion pertaining to any matter referred to herein.  We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Amendment.  In giving such consent,we do not hereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the SecuritiesAct and the rules and regulations thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Dechert LLP