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Immigration Act 2009

Visas - Classes of visa - Temporary entry class visas: provisions applying to limited visas

85: Limitations and conditions on holders of limited visa

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“Rules and restrictions for people with limited visas”

When you have a limited visa, you must leave New Zealand by the day your visa runs out. You can’t ask for a different kind of visa while you’re in New Zealand, even after your limited visa has ended. You also can’t ask for special permission to stay or apply for a visa under section 61. You’re not allowed to appeal against decisions about your visa, except in some cases under section 194 or section 195. Your limited visa will always have rules about what you can do while you’re in New Zealand, based on why you were given the visa.

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Part 3 Visas
Classes of visa: Temporary entry class visas: provisions applying to limited visas

85Limitations and conditions on holders of limited visa

  1. The holder of a limited visa must leave New Zealand no later than the day that the visa expires.

  2. The holder of a limited visa may not, whether before or after the expiry of the visa,—

  3. apply for a visa of a different class or type while in New Zealand; or
    1. while in New Zealand, request a special direction, or a visa under section 61; or
      1. bring any appeal under this Act (other than an appeal under section 194 or 195), whether to a court, the Tribunal, or otherwise.

        1. Every limited visa is to be granted subject to conditions relating to its purpose.

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