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Immigration Act 2009

Visas - Visas generally - General rules relating to visas

67: Cancellation of visa for administrative error

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“Fixing mistakes: When a visa is given by accident”

If you get a visa because of a mistake made by the government, an immigration officer can cancel it in certain situations. This can happen if you’re still in the place where you got the visa, like a special area at the airport or a government office. It can also happen if you haven’t left the arrival area at the airport or port where you came into New Zealand. Even if you’re not in those places, the officer can cancel your visa if they haven’t told you about it yet. The officer needs to have good reasons to believe there was a mistake when they gave you the visa. This rule is part of the general rules about visas in New Zealand’s immigration law.

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Part 3 Visas
Visas generally: General rules relating to visas

67Cancellation of visa for administrative error

  1. An immigration officer may cancel a visa that the officer believes on reasonable grounds was granted as a result of an administrative error if—

  2. the visa was granted to a person in a place designated by the chief executive under section 383 and—
    1. the person is still in the designated place; or
      1. the person has not left the arrival hall of the airport or port at which he or she arrived in New Zealand; or
      2. the visa was granted to a person in an immigration control area, or an office of the Department, in New Zealand and the person is still in the control area or office; or
        1. advice of the grant of the visa has not been sent or given to the person concerned, in any other case.