S1.41 Residual PAC Places Category

1. If the annual quota of places available for each country under the Pacific Access Category is not filled by applicants drawn from the ballots, INZ will, for the purpose of filling remaining places, call for resident visa applications within a specified period from persons who:
   1. are citizens of the countries that have unfilled places; 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. have an acceptable offer of employment or have a partner, included in the application, who has an acceptable offer of employment (see S1.40.30); and
   5. are aged between 18 and 45 inclusive; and
   6. meet the minimum income requirement (see S1.40.35) if they have dependants; and
   7. meet a minimum level of English language ability (see S1.40.45); and
   8. meet health and character requirements (see A4 and A5).
2. Principal applicants who are citizens of Tonga must have been born in Tonga or born overseas to a Tongan citizen who was born in Tonga.
3. Principal applicants who are citizens of Kiribati must have been born in Kiribati or born overseas to a Kiribati citizen who was born in Kiribati.
4. Principal applicants who are citizens of Tuvalu must have been born in Tuvalu or born overseas to a Tuvaluan citizen who was born in Tuvalu.
5. Partners and dependent children included in applications under the Pacific Access Category must meet health and character requirements (see A4 and A5).
6. 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.
7. Applicants who meet the criteria specified in (a) to (e) above will be granted a resident visa.
8. 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