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Immigration Act 2009

Deportation - Deportation

181: Consequences for deported person if person enters or attempts to enter New Zealand during period of prohibition on entry

You could also call this:

“Rules for deported people trying to re-enter New Zealand during their ban”

If you are deported from New Zealand and are not allowed to come back for a certain time, there are rules about what happens if you try to return during that time.

These rules apply to you if you were deported, are not allowed to enter New Zealand for a set time, and you try to come back by getting on a plane or ship heading to New Zealand, arriving in the country, or entering New Zealand.

If you try to come back when you’re not allowed, your ban on entering New Zealand starts over from the day you tried to return. If you didn’t make it into the country, the ban restarts from the day you tried. If you did get in but were caught, it restarts from the day you are deported again.

If you keep trying to come back when you’re not supposed to, and you get deported again, you might be banned for an even longer time. The government will look at a list and choose the longest ban that fits your situation.

Remember, these rules are there to make sure people follow the law about when they can and can’t come to New Zealand after being deported.

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Part 6 Deportation
Deportation

181Consequences for deported person if person enters or attempts to enter New Zealand during period of prohibition on entry

  1. Subsection (2) applies to a person who—

  2. is deported from New Zealand; and
    1. on deportation, is subject to a period of prohibition on entry to New Zealand under section 179 or 180(1); and
      1. attempts to enter or enters New Zealand during the period of prohibition in one of the following ways:
        1. by boarding a craft, or attempting to board a craft, that is travelling to New Zealand:
          1. by arriving in New Zealand:
            1. by entering New Zealand.

            2. The period of prohibition on entry to which the person is subject under section 179 restarts as from the later of the following dates:

            3. the date the person attempts to re-enter, if the attempted entry is unsuccessful:
              1. the date the person is once again deported from New Zealand, if the attempted re-entry is successful.

                1. If, despite a prohibition on entry applying to a person, a person re-enters New Zealand and the person becomes subject to a further prohibition on entry, the period of prohibition on entry that applies to the person on the subsequent deportation is the longest prohibition applicable under the table set out in section 179.