Tokelau Residence Permit

11 requirements quoted from the official source.

• ✓Additional Information May Be RequiredAn applicant shall provide such relevant information as the Administrator may require.
• ✓How and where to applyAn applicant shall complete form 1 of the Schedule.
• ✓Reason For Residence RequiredThe prescribed application form requires the place of proposed residence, proposed length of residence and reason for seeking residence.
• ✓Residence Months MaxResidence permits allow the permit holder to reside in Tokelau for a period not exceeding 3 months.
• ✓Character and securityUnless the Village Councils of all islands concerned otherwise direct, no visitors permit or residence permit or work permit shall be granted if the applicant has in any country been convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 11 months or more.
• ✓Financial meansUnless the Administrator considers that there is good reason why the provision should not apply, no visitors permit or residence permit or work permit shall be granted unless the Administrator is satisfied that the applicant has or will have sufficient means of support while in Tokelau.
• ✓No External Infectious Or Contagious ConditionUnless waived for good reason, no visitors permit or residence permit or work permit shall be granted if the applicant has an infectious or contagious medical condition contracted outside Tokelau.
• ✓No Illegal PurposeUnless waived for good reason, no visitors permit or residence permit or work permit shall be granted if it appears to the Administrator that the applicant intends to carry out an illegal purpose in Tokelau.
• ✓No Need For Unavailable Medical TreatmentUnless waived for good reason, no visitors permit or residence permit or work permit shall be granted if, during the currency of the permit, the applicant will or is likely to need medical or other similar treatment or facilities that are not usually available in Tokelau.
• ✓No Previous Removal OrderUnless waived for good reason, no visitors permit or residence permit or work permit shall be granted if the applicant has previously been the subject of a removal order issued under regulation 15.

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• ✓AccommodationUnless waived for good reason, no visitors permit or residence permit or work permit shall be granted if the Village Council of any island concerned has not approved accommodation arrangements for the applicant.

• ✓Administrator DiscretionThe Administrator may grant or refuse to grant a permit as the Administrator thinks fit, and may grant such type of permit as the Administrator thinks fit regardless of the type for which application is made.
• ✓Eligibility summaryResidence permits allow the permit holder to reside in Tokelau for a period not exceeding 3 months.
• ✓Official source basisResidence permits allow the permit holder to reside in Tokelau for a period not exceeding 3 months.
• ✓Permit Conditions PossibleA permit may be granted subject to such reasonable conditions, whether as to the permit holder's accommodation arrangements or work or otherwise, as the Administrator thinks fit to impose.
• ✓Permit Ends On Overseas DepartureA permit ceases to be current on the holder of the permit leaving Tokelau for an overseas destination.
• ✓Report summaryResidence permits allow the permit holder to reside in Tokelau for a period not exceeding 3 months.
• ✓Work and study rightsA person who is not a New Zealand citizen may not work in Tokelau unless that person holds a current work permit or a current special permit that authorises the person to work in Tokelau.