S1.11 Residual Quota Places Category

1. If the annual quota of places available under the Samoan Quota Scheme is not filled by applicants drawn from the ballot, INZ will, for the purpose of filling remaining places, call for resident visa applications within a specified period from persons who:
   1. are Samoan citizens (having been born in Samoa or born overseas to a Samoan citizen who was born in Samoa); and
   2. are in New Zealand at the time applications are called for under this category; and
   3. are lawfully in New Zealand at the time their application for a resident visa is made; and
   4. are aged between 18 and 45 inclusive; and
   5. have an acceptable offer of employment or have a partner, included in the application, who has an acceptable offer of employment (see S1.10.30); and
   6. meet the minimum income requirement (see S1.10.35) if they have dependants; and
   7. meet a minimum level of English language ability (see S1.10.45); and
   8. meet health and character requirements (see A4 and A5).
2. Partners and dependent children accepted under the Quota must meet health and character requirements (see A4 and A5).
3. Applications that are lodged in the prescribed manner (that meet all mandatory lodgement requirements) will be processed in the order in which they are received.
4. Applicants who meet the criteria specified in (a) and (b) above will be granted a resident visa.
5. All applications received that have not been decided at the time that all the remaining places from the annual quota have been filled will be treated as lapsed.

Effective 07/12/2015