R2.50 Applications not lodged in the prescribed manner

1. An application must be returned if it is submitted by an unlicensed immigration adviser (see R2.44) unless they are exempt from licensing.
2. Except where the provisions of paragraph (a) above apply, INZ may, at its discretion, hold applications that are not lodged in the prescribed manner (see R2.35 and R2.40) for a specified period of time until any outstanding requirements have been met; but INZ does not consider such applications to have been made.
3. INZ is under no obligation to hold an application that is not lodged in the prescribed manner.
4. When an application is lodged in an incomplete but minor and easily corrected manner, immigration officers will:
   1. hold the papers; and
   2. notify the principal applicant or agent that the application has not been lodged in the prescribed manner but is being held for a limited time to enable the principal applicant or agent to meet the outstanding mandatory requirements; and
   3. notify the principal applicant or agent of the documents required for the application to meet the mandatory requirements (see R2.40) for lodging an application.
5. Where (b) or (d) apply, principal applicants will be given a specified time to complete the outstanding requirements, and if they do not do so, the application may be returned to the principal applicant or agent.
6. When an application is not lodged in the prescribed manner and the provisions of paragraphs (b) or (d) above do not apply, the application must be returned to the principal applicant or agent.

Effective 29/11/2010