To register for the Pacific Access Category (PAC) the principal registrant (the person who signs the registration form and the person who would be the principal applicant if invited to apply for residence) must:
Note: If you are in New Zealand you must be in New Zealand lawfully to register.
Along with your completed and signed Pacific Access Category Registration Form (INZ 1092) PDF also include a photocopy of your birth certificate, and a photocopy of your partner’s and dependent children’s birth certificates who are included in your registration form. You should also include the date of birth of each immediate family member included in your registration form.
The PAC ballot the registration fee is NZ$70.00. If you have registered before in any previous year, you only need to pay a re-registration fee of NZ$30.00. These fees are not refundable if your registration is unsuccessful in the ballot. An additional fee may apply if you apply through a visa application centre.
Your registration form must be received by Immigration New Zealand no later than 30 April or it cannot be accepted.
Note: Only one registration form from each family is allowed. If you, or any of the family members listed in your registration, are found to be included in another registration that is already accepted, the other registration(s) will not be accepted.
If you are a Kiribati citizen who is living in Kiribati
Immigration New Zealandc/o TTS Visa Acceptance CentreUnit No. 15Lagoon Breeze LodgeAbaraoTarawaKiribati
If you are a Tongan citizen who is living in Tonga
Immigration New ZealandNuku’alofa BranchGround Floor, Royco BuildingFatafehi Road (PO Box 830)Nuku’alofaTonga
If you are a Tuvalu citizen
Who is living in Tuvalu:
Immigration New Zealandc/o Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Tourism, Environment& LabourGovernment of TuvaluVaiakuFunafutiTuvalu
Who is living in Fiji:
Immigration New Zealandc/o Tuvaluan High Commission in Suva, Fiji16 Gorrie StreetPO Box 14449SuvaFiji
Living in New Zealand or elsewhere?
For Kiribati, Tongan and Tuvaluan citizens living in New Zealand or elsewhere, send your registration:
By post to:
Immigration New ZealandPO Box 1049Palmerston NorthNew Zealand
Or by courier to:
Immigration New ZealandLevel 6, 65 Rangitikei StreetPalmerston NorthNew Zealand
You must send your registration form by post or courier.
One month after the closure of the registration period, we conduct an electronic draw in which registrations are drawn randomly until the appropriate number of people to meet the quota of available places for each country is met.
If you were successful in the ballot draw and you are eligible to apply for residence under the PAC you’ll be notified within the month following the draw and invited to make an application for residence.
If you are invited to apply for residence, you must apply for residence within eight months of written advice from Immigration New Zealand.
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