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24 April 2024
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The Samoan Quota and Pacific Access Category are 2 longstanding visa categories that allow people from the Pacific to become permanent residents in New Zealand. Both schemes operate through an annual ballot.
This year, up to 1,650 Samoan citizens, 250 Tongan and 250 Fijian citizens and 75 Kiribati and 75 Tuvaluan citizens will be granted residence. You can register for the annual ballot online.
Online guides are available on our website to help you register for the ballot.
Pacific Access Category Resident Visa
Guides and flyers are available in English and Samoan for the Samoan Quota, and in several Pacific languages for Pacific Access Category.
Pacific Access Category and Samoan Quota guides and flyers
The 2024 Samoan Quota and Pacific Access Category ballots will close on Sunday 30 June 2024 at 17:00 (NZST).
