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Immigration Act 2009

Visas - Classes of visa - Transit visas

91: Expiry of transit period

You could also call this:

“How an immigration officer can change or end your transit period”

If you are a transit passenger, an immigration officer can make decisions about your transit period before it ends. They have complete control over these decisions. The officer can do two things:

  1. They can make your transit period longer than what the rules usually allow.

  2. They can give you a visa and let you enter the country.

The normal length of a transit period is set by different rules. The immigration officer can change this if they want to.

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Classes of visa: Transit visas

91Expiry of transit period

  1. At any time before the transit period of a transit passenger expires, an immigration officer may, in his or her absolute discretion,—

  2. extend the transit passenger's transit period beyond the transit period prescribed under section 401(d); or
    1. grant the transit passenger a visa and entry permission.

      Notes
      • Section 91: replaced, on , by section 25 of the Immigration Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 48).