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:

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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.

Effective 01/10/1999