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Multiple-Entry Commercial Business Permit

American SamoaShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

ASAC 41.1007 ("Entry permits") provides for a "Multiple entry permit" at $50.00 per month, listed in the schedule of fees charged for an entry permit and other authorisation or service to facilitate entry into American Samoa (section last amended by Rule 2023-0005, eff 10 Apr 2023). The official source does not name the officer who issues this permit type.

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Limits of the record
  • The code's own term is "Multiple entry permit"; the source does not use the name "Multiple-Entry Commercial Business Permit". The issuing officer, the application form and the decision criteria for this permit are not stated.
  • ASAC 41.1007(c)(6)
    (6) Multiple entry permit - $50.00 per month. Multiple entry permits shall be available for commercial business travelers only.
  • ASAC 41.1007(c) (chapeau)
    (c) The following fees shall be charged for an entry permit and other authorization or service to facilitate entry in to American Samoa:
  • ASAC 41.1007(d)
    (d) Upon satisfactory showing of compliance with the requirements of subsections (a), (b) and (c)(1) to (c)(5) of this section, the Attorney General or his designee, or the chief immigration officer may grant up to 30 days to visit American Samoa. A visitor granted a 30-day permit may apply for only one extension of 30 days; upon expiration of the extension, the visitor shall depart American Samoa immediately. The chief immigration officer shall report monthly the number of permits granted and receipt of fees. History: Rule 3-86, eff 7 Dec 86; amd 2003, eff 1 Apr 2003; amd 2010, eff 3 May 2010; amd Rule 2023 -0005, eff Apr 10, 2023.
  • ASAC 41.1007 (History note)
    History: Rule 3-86, eff 7 Dec 86; amd 2003, eff 1 Apr 2003; amd 2010, eff 3 May 2010; amd Rule 2023 -0005, eff Apr 10, 2023.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The source restricts the permit by class of traveller: "Multiple entry permits shall be available for commercial business travelers only." It does not define "commercial business traveler" and does not enumerate the activities the permit allows or forbids.

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Limits of the record
  • No definition of "commercial business traveler" and no activity list. The permitted/prohibited activity lists at ASAC 41.1103 and 41.1104 belong to the Entry Permit Waiver Program, a separate regime, and the source does not apply them to this permit.
  • ASAC 41.1007(c)(6)
    (6) Multiple entry permit - $50.00 per month. Multiple entry permits shall be available for commercial business travelers only.
  • ASAC 41.1007(c) (chapeau)
    (c) The following fees shall be charged for an entry permit and other authorization or service to facilitate entry in to American Samoa:

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

ASAC 41.1007(c)(6) sets a fee of $50.00 per month for the multiple entry permit and makes it available for commercial business travelers only, but it states no maximum stay, per-entry stay, validity period or entry rule for the permit; the "$50.00 per month" is the permit fee, not a length of stay. Separately, A.S.C.A. 41.0502(a)(3)(D) provides that a tourist or business person may stay up to 30 days and, with approval of the Attorney General or his designee, an additional 30 days, with no extension of stay beyond 60 days after original entry into the Territory; the official source does not state that this rule governs the multiple entry permit.

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  • Inference, not stated in any source: the statutory category 'tourist or business person' (ASCA 41.0502(a)(3)) is being read as covering the 'commercial business travelers' to whom ASAC 41.1007(c)(6) restricts multiple entry permits. No source links the two expressly.
  • Neither source says whether the 30-day limit runs per entry or cumulatively for a multiple entry permit holder; the statutory 60-day cap is measured from 'original entry into the Territory'.
  • ASAC 41.1007(d) (30 days, one 30-day extension) is conditioned on subsections (a), (b) and (c)(1) to (c)(5); it does not mention the (c)(6) multiple entry permit.
  • '$50.00 per month' (ASAC 41.1007(c)(6)) is a fee line. The permit's validity period is not stated in any source found; do not derive a duration from the fee.
  • The Department of Legal Affairs visitor-permit pages list only a Samoa 10-day permit and two 30-day visitor permits; the site's 39-page sitemap has no page on multiple entry or business permits.
  • Vigencia: the asbar.org page for ASCA 41.0502 shows the legislative history ending at PL 29-23 (2006) and carries a 2020 site notice; asbar.org is the American Samoa Bar Association's publication of the code (founder-authorised source). Later public laws were not individually checked.
  • Swept on 2026-09-22: ASCA Title 41 on asbar.org (chapters 02, 04 and 05 read section by section: 41.0201-41.0213, 41.0401-41.0410, 41.0501-41.0514; section titles of chapters 03 and 06-09 checked), the full ASAC Title 41 2024 edition (capture AS/AS__osas_immigration_rules.txt), all 39 pages of the Department of Legal Affairs sitemap (capture AS2/AS__legalaffairs_pages_sitemap.txt) and two Perplexity sonar-pro queries whose citations were fetched and checked.
  • ASCA 41.0502(a)(3)
    (3) A tourist or business person must:
  • ASCA 41.0502(a)(3)(D)
    (D) a tourist or business person may stay up to 30 days and with approval of the Attorney General or his designee may stay an additional 30 days; however, the filing of an application for an alien registration card pursuant to 41.0303 shall not entitle an alien arriving in American Samoa under subsection (D) to extensions of stay beyond 60 days after original entry into the Territory.
  • ASCA 41.0502 (History note)
    History: 1984, PL 18-52 § 2; amd 1988, PL 20-56; amd 2006, PL 29-23.
  • ASAC 41.1007(c)(6)
    (6) Multiple entry permit - $50.00 per month. Multiple entry permits shall be available for commercial business travelers only.
  • ASAC 41.1007(d)
    (d) Upon satisfactory showing of compliance with the requirements of subsections (a), (b) and (c)(1) to (c)(5) of this section, the Attorney General or his designee, or the chief immigration officer may grant up to 30 days to visit American Samoa. A visitor granted a 30-day permit may apply for only one extension of 30 days; upon expiration of the extension, the visitor shall depart American Samoa immediately.
  • ASAC 41.1007 (History note)
    History: Rule 3-86, eff 7 Dec 86; amd 2003, eff 1 Apr 2003; amd 2010, eff 3 May 2010; amd Rule 2023 -0005, eff Apr 10, 2023.
  • ASCA 41.0202(1)(t)
    (t) “Tourist” means a person visiting American Samoa for the purposes of sightseeing, who intends to remain in American Samoa less than 30 days and who has a residence in the United States or a foreign country which he has no intention of abandoning, and who is visiting American Samoa temporarily for business or pleasure.
  • Department of Legal Affairs, Visitor Permits landing page
    Samoa-born citizens, holding Samoa Passports, may apply and pay on-line here for a 10-day visitor permit. US Visa / Waiver 30-Day U.S. visa, visa-waiver, or green card travelers may apply and pay online here for a 30-day visitor permit. Other 30-Day Non-US visa waiver country travelers must be sponsored by an eligible local host, who must apply and pay in person at Immigration

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The source lists no documents specific to the multiple entry permit. The general rule at ASAC 41.0511 applies to every alien seeking to enter American Samoa regardless of purpose: application to enter must be made in person to an immigration officer at a port of entry, and the alien must present whatever documents are required and establish to the officer's satisfaction that he/she is not subject to exclusion. The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence required for this permit.

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Limits of the record
  • The document list at ASAC 41.1007(a) - sponsor application, approval of the senior matai where applicable, approval of the pulenu'u or district governor, proof of valid travel documents and round-trip tickets or onward passage, a passport that will not expire during the visit, and clearances from the American Samoa Medical Center business office and the District Court - is stated for the thirty-day entry permit. The source does not say whether any of it carries over to the multiple entry permit.
  • ASAC 41.1007(c)(6)
    (6) Multiple entry permit - $50.00 per month. Multiple entry permits shall be available for commercial business travelers only.
  • ASAC 41.0511(a)
    (a) General. Application to enter American Samoa shall be made in person to an immigration officer at a port of entry at a time when an immigration officer at the port is open for inspection.
  • ASAC 41.0511(d) and (d)(1)
    (d) Qualifications for Aliens. The following general qualifications and requirements shall be met by each alien seeking to enter American Samoa for permanent, indefinite, or temporary stay, and regardless of the purpose for which he/she seeks to enter: (1) He/she shall present whatever documents are required and shall establish to the satisfaction of the immigration officer that he/she is not subject to exclusion under the Act and is entitled under all of the applicable provisions of the immigration laws and this title to enter American Samoa.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

The source fixes the fee at $50.00 per month under the entry-permit fee schedule of ASAC 41.1007(c)(6), and ASAC 41.1010 lets the Attorney General waive fees for good reason in a written waiver stating the reason. No application route, office, form, filing deadline, decision-maker or renewal/extension procedure is stated for this permit.

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Limits of the record
  • The three-business-day sponsor filing with the Immigration Office at ASAC 41.1007(a) and the "only one extension of 30 days" at ASAC 41.1007(d) are both written for the thirty-day entry permit; the source does not extend either to the multiple entry permit, and doing so would be an inference.
  • ASAC 41.1007(c)(6)
    (6) Multiple entry permit - $50.00 per month. Multiple entry permits shall be available for commercial business travelers only.
  • ASAC 41.1007(c) (chapeau)
    (c) The following fees shall be charged for an entry permit and other authorization or service to facilitate entry in to American Samoa:
  • ASAC 41.1010 (Waiver of Fees)
    The fees imposed in this title of immigration rules may be waived at the discretion of the Attorney General for good reason. Waiver of a fee by the Attorney General shall in writing setting forth the
  • ASAC 41.1007 (History note)
    History: Rule 3-86, eff 7 Dec 86; amd 2003, eff 1 Apr 2003; amd 2010, eff 3 May 2010; amd Rule 2023 -0005, eff Apr 10, 2023.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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