S1.41 Residual Pacific Access Category Places Policy

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 residence 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 policy; and
   3. are lawfully in New Zealand at the time their application for residence 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 R4).
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 policy (see R4).
6. Applications will only be accepted if sent to the designated receiving office in New Zealand on the form Application for Residence in New Zealand (NZIS 1000).
7. 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.
8. Applicants who meet the criteria specified in (a) to (f) above will be granted residence.
9. 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 02/04/2007