Y4.50 People who must be refused entry permission: novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak (18/06/2020)

See also Immigration Act 2009 ss 22 and 107.

1. Entry permission must be refused to any person, except a person listed in Y3.30 (a), who is not otherwise dealt with under Y4.1 and who is:
   1. the holder of a temporary entry class visa (except as provided for by Y3.30 (b))
   2. a person described under Schedule 2 of the Immigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Regulations 2010 (visa-waiver travellers, including Australians)
   3. the holder of a residence class visa whose visa was granted offshore and who is arriving in New Zealand for the first time (except as provided for by Y3.30 (a)).
2. A person subject to (a) above may still be granted entry permission by an immigration officer as an exception to instructions (see Y4.45), for reasons including but not limited to:
   1. Humanitarian reasons
   2. Critical health workers as confirmed by the Ministry of Health
   3. Other critical workers as defined by the New Zealand Government
   4. Citizens of Samoa and Tonga for essential travel to New Zealand
   5. A person who holds a visitor, work or student visa and:
      • is ordinarily resident in New Zealand; and
      • is the partner or dependent child of a work or student visa holder who is in New Zealand.

Notes:
- For the avoidance of doubt
- New Zealand citizens are not subject to this instruction
- people subject to regulation 25 of the Immigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Regulations 2010 are deemed to be granted entry permission.
- ‘Commercial craft’ and ‘craft’ have the same meaning as section 4 of the Immigration Act 2009

Effective 18/06/2020