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:

• be a citizen of one of the PAC countries - Kiribati, Tuvalu or Tonga; and
• have been born in their PAC country, or born overseas to a PAC country citizen who was born in that PAC country; and
• register for the ballot for their PAC country’s quota within the official registration period; and
• be aged 18 to 45 years at the registration closing date.

Note: If you are in New Zealand you must be in New Zealand lawfully to register.

How do I 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 Zealand
c/o TTS Visa Acceptance Centre
Unit No. 15
Lagoon Breeze Lodge
Abarao
Tarawa
Kiribati

If you are a Tongan citizen who is living in Tonga

Immigration New Zealand
Nuku’alofa Branch
Ground Floor, Royco Building
Fatafehi Road (PO Box 830)
Nuku’alofa
Tonga

 

If you are a Tuvalu citizen

Who is living in Tuvalu:

Immigration New Zealand
c/o Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Tourism, Environment
& Labour
Government of Tuvalu
Vaiaku
Funafuti
Tuvalu

Who is living in Fiji:

Immigration New Zealand
c/o Tuvaluan High Commission in Suva, Fiji
16 Gorrie Street
PO Box 14449
Suva
Fiji
 

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 Zealand
PO Box 1049
Palmerston North
New Zealand

Or by courier to:

Immigration New Zealand
Level 6, 65 Rangitikei Street
Palmerston North
New Zealand

You must send your registration form by post or courier. 

Ballot draw

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.