All That You Need to Know About Deportation and Legal Rights in New Zealand

Overstaying in New Zealand post expiry of visa will make your presence unlawful and hence liable to be deported. There are other reasons as well, when you can be deported, but there exist laws and timeframes when you can appeal against their liability for deportation. Know here all about the Deportation and Legal Rights in New Zealand.

How do you know if you are liable to be deported?

• Overstaying in New Zealand after expiry of visa,
• Violating other visa conditions such as picking up a job when on a visitor visa,
• When convicted by court of law of any criminal offence and
• When it is discovered that you provided wrong or misleading information about yourself or withheld information in any past request or application you had submitted earlier.

A licensed immigration consultant or a lawyer will be able to guide you correctly when concerns of deportation trouble you.

Deportation and Legal Rights in New Zealand

Appealing against Deporting Liability

Depending upon the time and circumstances when the liability to deport arose, you will be able to file an appeal against the deportation liability. Only if you hold a limited visa, you cannot exercise your right to appeal.

When you are in New Zealand, you must make an appeal within 42 days of becoming an unlawful person or when you receive an official intimation of your declined recent visa application. When you are being deported for other reasons than you have exact 28 days from the moment you are served a deportation liability notice to exercise your right to appeal.

Ministry of Justice administers the Immigration & Protection Tribunal which is the authority to hear all appeals in such matters.

Action when you are deported

If you happen to be deported, you will be able to return only after the prohibition period is over or after the deporting cost is paid in full. If you yearn to return to New Zealand, you may seek a visa through a special direction, but INZ is not bound to process special direction requests or obligated to state reasons for its denial.

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