FQ3.15 Selection process following closure of registration (01/10/2001)

1. One month after the closure of the registration period, NZIS will conduct an electronic draw.
2. Registrations will be randomly drawn from the pool of registrations, until the appropriate number of potential applicants to meet the quota of available places within the annual period has been met.
3. Sponsors whose registrations have been drawn from the pool will be notified by NZIS in the month following the draw that their registration has been successful and that they must advise the potential applicants whom they are sponsoring to lodge a full application under the Family Quota to the appropriate receiving office of the NZIS not more than six months after the date of the NZIS advice to the sponsor. Any applications received outside that time limit will not be accepted.
4. Sponsors who are unsuccessful in the registration process within a particular registration period are able to register within subsequent registration periods.
5. If insufficient registrations are lodged within a registration period to fill the number of places available under the Family Quota, the registration period may be re-opened.

Effective 01/10/2001