E2.18 Who is entitled to a temporary permit as a matter of right
Immigration Act 1987 ss 18E(3), 23(2), 52(2)(b), 127(1)
The following classes of people are entitled to a temporary permit as a matter of right:
- people who are in New Zealand and who are not immediately granted a residence permit in reliance on section 18E(2) after the Residence Appeal Authority has reversed a decision not to grant an application for a residence permit; and
- people in relation to whom the Deportation Review Tribunal has confirmed the revocation of a residence permit but has directed the grant of a temporary permit; and
- people in relation to whom the Removal Review Authority has allowed an appeal against having to leave New Zealand and has directed the grant of a temporary permit; and
- holders of temporary permits who have left New Zealand but, before arriving in any other country, are forced to return to New Zealand because of an emergency.
