🇼🇸Samoa

Service routes

• Tourist or visitor route

  Official Verification Pending

  Short visits to Samoa for tourism, family or eligible business purposes are governed by rules published by Samoa Immigration Division, Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Visitor status does not provide a general right to work, and entry remains subject to border authorities.

  We will not present this route as available until the current official position has been verified.

• Study route

  Official Verification Pending

  Study in Samoa normally requires an offer of place from a recognised institution and the student visa or permission that Samoa prescribes. Financial, academic, English-language and health-insurance requirements may apply, and study does not automatically guarantee post-study work or residence.

  We will not present this route as available until the current official position has been verified.

• Employment authorization

  Official Verification Pending

  Employment in Samoa normally requires a genuine, verifiable employer and the work authorization published by Samoa Immigration Division, Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. A job offer does not guarantee a visa, and visitor status is not work authorization.

  We will not present this route as available until the current official position has been verified.

• Skilled migration

  Official Verification Pending

  Skilled routes, where Samoa operates them, may involve occupation lists, skills assessment, English-language testing, age, experience, points, nomination or an invitation. Meeting minimum criteria does not guarantee an invitation or approval.

  We will not present this route as available until the current official position has been verified.

• Family route

  Official Verification Pending

  Family, partner or dependant routes for Samoa depend on the qualifying relationship, sponsorship, and the relationship, health and character evidence Samoa Immigration Division, Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet accepts.

  We will not present this route as available until the current official position has been verified.

• Business or investor route

  Official Verification Pending

  Business, trade or investor categories, where currently open in Samoa, require independent verification and, in most cases, qualified legal, accounting or tax advice.

  We will not present this route as available until the current official position has been verified.

• Temporary residence

  Official Verification Pending

  Temporary residence categories in Samoa, where they exist, are defined by that destination's law and depend on your purpose, sponsor and supporting documents.

  We will not present this route as available until the current official position has been verified.

• Permanent residence

  Official Verification Pending

  Permanent or long-term residence in Samoa, where officially available, is subject to statutory criteria and case-by-case assessment. Nothing on this page indicates that you are eligible.

  We will not present this route as available until the current official position has been verified.

Limitations and compliance

• •Entry to Samoa is decided by its border and immigration authorities at the time of travel.
• •A visa issued by Australia or New Zealand does not automatically authorize entry, study, employment or residence in Samoa.
• •Tourist or visitor status does not normally provide a general right to work.
• •Friendship Immigration does not advertise, sell or guarantee jobs, admissions, nominations, invitations, processing times or approvals.
• •Official fees are payable to the relevant government, and third-party charges such as medical, police-certificate, translation, courier and biometric fees are separate.
• •Fees, processing times and program requirements change; confirm them on the official sources listed on this page before acting.

Friendship Immigration may decline a matter where an employer, institution, document, qualification, source of funds or proposed activity cannot be satisfactorily verified.

Friendship Immigration does not guarantee visa approval, work authorization, employer sponsorship, job placement, educational admission, skills assessment, nomination, invitation to apply, residence, citizenship, processing times or entry at the border. Only the competent government authority can decide an application.

Payment covers only the services stated in the written agreement. It does not purchase or guarantee a visa, employer sponsorship, job, admission, nomination, invitation or residence outcome.

Official sources

• Samoa Immigration
• Australian Government — Smartraveller destination advice
• Government of India — Ministry of External Affairs

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