

If you do not leave New Zealand before your visa expires
If you stay after your visa expires
You are breaking the law if you stay after your visa expires. You:
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cannot work or study, and will have to pay for your health care
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may not be able to come back to New Zealand again if you are here without a visa for 42 days or longer
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risk being detained or deported.
Your actions can also affect other people. For example, if family members or other people help you to stay in New Zealand they:
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commit an offence under the Immigration Act, and
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may put their own immigration status at risk.
Actions you can take after your visa expires
You can:
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leave the country immediately, or
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make a request for a special temporary or resident visa under Section 61 of the Immigration Act, but only if you believe you have a special case.
Making a Section 61 request
Requests under Section 61 are only granted in some cases. Immigration New Zealand cannot grant you a visa under Section 61 if you have already received a deportation order.
How INZ assesses your request
The process for assessing your request is different from assessing a visa application.
Under the law, the officer has no obligation to consider your request and does not have to:
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provide any reasons for their decision
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make any enquiries about the information you provide in support of the request or about other information INZ holds about you
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grant a visa of the type or length you asked for — for example, they can give you a visitor visa instead of a work visa
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grant a specific visa even if you seem to meet the criteria for that visa.