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86: Who must obtain transit visa
or “People who need a visa to pass through New Zealand”
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“Transit passengers must stay in designated areas during their transit period”

When you are a transit passenger, you have to follow certain rules during your transit period. You must stay in one of three places: on the vehicle you arrived on, in a special area for immigration control, or with the Police if they are holding you.

If you don’t follow these rules and go somewhere else, your transit period ends right away. This means that section 115(1)(f) of the law will apply to you.

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Part 3 Visas
Classes of visa: Transit visas

86AObligation of transit passenger

  1. During the transit period applying to a transit passenger, the transit passenger must remain—

  2. on the craft concerned; or
    1. in an immigration control area; or
      1. in the custody of the Police.

        1. If a transit passenger fails to comply with subsection (1), the relevant transit period immediately expires (and section 115(1)(f) therefore applies).

        Notes
        • Section 86A: inserted, on , by section 23 of the Immigration Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 48).