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Immigration Act 2009

Arrivals and departures - Entry permission

112: Obligation to inform of all relevant facts, including changed circumstances

You could also call this:

“You must provide all relevant information and report any changes when applying to enter New Zealand”

When you apply for permission to enter New Zealand, you need to give all the information, evidence, and reasons you want considered with your application right away. The person looking at your application doesn’t have to ask for more details and can make a decision based only on what you provide.

You also need to tell the Minister or an immigration officer about any important facts or changes that happen between when you get your visa and when you apply to enter New Zealand. This could be about you or anyone else included in your application, and it could be about anything that matters for immigration rules.

If you don’t share this information, it’s the same as hiding important details. This can get you in trouble under section 157 or 158 of the law.

The Minister or an immigration officer can say no to letting you enter New Zealand if they think you or someone helping you:

  • Gave false or misleading information
  • Didn’t share important information that could have affected their decision
  • Didn’t tell them about any big changes that happened after you got your visa but before you applied to enter

Remember, it’s your job to make sure you tell them everything they need to know to make a fair decision about letting you into New Zealand.

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Part 4 Arrivals and departures
Entry permission

112Obligation to inform of all relevant facts, including changed circumstances

  1. It is the responsibility of an applicant for entry permission to ensure that all information, evidence, and submissions that the applicant wishes to have considered in support of the application are provided when the application is made.

  2. The Minister or immigration officer considering the application—

  3. is not obliged to seek any further information, evidence, or submissions; and
    1. may determine the application on the basis of the information, evidence, and submissions provided.

      1. It is also the responsibility of an applicant for entry permission to inform the Minister or an immigration officer of any relevant fact, including any material change in circumstances that has occurred between the grant of a visa and the application for entry permission on the basis of that visa, if that fact or change in circumstances may affect the decision on the application.

      2. Without limiting the scope of the expression material change in circumstances in subsection (3), such a change may relate to the applicant or another person included in the application, and may relate to any matter relevant to this Act or immigration instructions.

      3. Failure to comply with the obligation set out in subsection (3) must be treated as concealing relevant information for the purposes of section 157 or 158.

      4. It is sufficient grounds for the Minister or an immigration officer to refuse to grant entry permission to a person if the Minister or officer is satisfied that the person,—

      5. in applying for entry permission, whether personally or through an agent, submitted false or misleading information or withheld relevant information that was potentially prejudicial to the grant of the permission; or
        1. did not ensure that the Minister or an immigration officer was informed of any material change in circumstances (within the meaning of subsection (3)) between the time of being granted a visa and the time of applying for entry permission.

          Notes
          • Section 112(5): amended, on , by section 34(1) of the Immigration Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 48).
          • Section 112(6): amended, on , by section 34(2) of the Immigration Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 48).