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175A: Time when deportation order may be served
or “When you can receive an order to leave New Zealand after being told about possible deportation”
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“What a deportation order includes and who signs it”

When you get a deportation order, it will tell you important information about your deportation from New Zealand. The order will say that you must leave New Zealand. It will also say that any visa you have will be cancelled. The order will explain why you are being deported and which part of the law is being used.

The deportation order will tell you how long you can’t come back to New Zealand. It will also warn you what will happen if you try to come back during this time. You will have to pay for the costs of your deportation. The order might tell you exactly how much it will cost, or it might give you an estimate.

Different people sign deportation orders. If you’re being deported under section 163, the Governor-General will sign your order. For all other cases, an immigration officer will sign it.

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176Content of deportation order

  1. A deportation order must specify—

  2. that the person named in the order is ordered to be deported from New Zealand; and
    1. that any visa held by the person has been, or will be, cancelled in accordance with section 64(1)(ab); and
      1. the provision of this Act under which the person became liable for deportation; and
        1. the ground or grounds for deportation; and
          1. the period of any prohibition on entry to New Zealand that the person named in the order is subject to; and
            1. the consequences of attempting to return to New Zealand during the period of prohibition; and
              1. that the person is required to repay the actual or (if an estimate of costs is specified in the deportation order) the estimated costs of deportation.

                1. A deportation order must be signed by—

                2. the Governor-General, if the order is made under section 163; or
                  1. an immigration officer, in any other case.

                    Notes
                    • Section 176(1)(b): replaced, on , by section 49(1) of the Immigration Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 48).
                    • Section 176(1)(g): replaced, on , by section 49(2) of the Immigration Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 48).