Pacific Engagement visa – Ballot registration Ballot country status

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Pacific Engagement visa Country Ballot Status

The Pacific Engagement visa (PEV) ballot for Pacific island and Timor-Leste nationals opened on 28 July 2025. It will close on 25 August 2025.​

Countries participating in the PEV ballot include:

• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Nauru
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Timor-Leste
• Tonga
• ​Vanuatu.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade publish PEV allocations for each participating country on their web page Pacific engagement visa.

The PEV Country Ballot Status table below provides details of each ballot. This includes the open and close period for submitting a registration and the status of each ballot.​

The ballot selection process will be conducted during the selection period as outlined in the PEV Country Status table below.​

The ballot status may show as follows:

PENDING​​ – The Ballot is pending commencement or opening.​

Active​ – The Ballot is open and you are able to submit your registration.

CLOSED​ – The Ballot period for participants to submit registrations is closed. No further registrations can be sub​mitted and the selection process is pending for this ballot.

EXPIRED​ – Selections have been finalised for this Ballot. No further selections will be made from this ballot.​​

Ballot Selection Period

The ballot selection process will begin after the ballot registration period is closed. 

The table below shows the ballot selection period (open and close dates) for when the random selection of registrations will occur for each participating country ballot.