Samoan P.M. seeks easier N.Z. entry
PA, ' Wellington Tough immigration rules applying to visitors to New Zealand from Western Samoa are likely to be relaxed, the Wellington Samoan community liaison officer, Puni Raea,’believes. The changes are likely to be finalised when Samoa's Prime Minister, Tofilau Eti, visits Wellington on February 22. It is believed that the Labour Department is considering a range of options for changes to the immigration rules for Samoans. However, these are dependent on what Tofilau himself asks for. The Wellington Samoan
Advisory Council is preparing a submission to the Labour Department, and Puni says an important part of it will be a request for a change in visitor permit rules. Samoans and Tongans are at present limited to visits of 30 days to New Zealand while all other foreign nationals can visit for up to six months. The discrimination has been a source of in the Samoan community in New Zealand and both Opposition and Government members of Parliament in Samoa. “Our hopes are very high that they will change the 30 days to six months,” Puni said yesterday.
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