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Immigration lawyers in Palmerston North

Our latest research found no law firm with a dedicated immigration practice based in Palmerston North. That is normal outside the main centres: immigration law is often done remotely, and immigration lawyers elsewhere in New Zealand act for clients in Palmerston North. The 17 licensed immigration advisers in Palmerston North are the local alternative.

Published appeal record of Palmerston North counsel

No published Immigration and Protection Tribunal decisions on this site name counsel based in Palmerston North. That does not mean none have acted on appeals — only that no decision we hold records it. Most representation never reaches the tribunal at all, and practitioners elsewhere in New Zealand act on Palmerston North matters routinely.

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Section 61 requests - getting a visa while unlawfully in New ZealandSection 61 of the Immigration Act 2009 lets Immigration New Zealand grant a visa to a person who is unlawfully in New Zealand, but only as a matter of absolute discretion. There is no application form and no fee up front: the request is an email setting out your case, and INZ has no obligation to consider it, no obligation to give reasons, and no appeal if it says no. Two clocks run at once when a visa expires: the section 61 route, which has no deadline but weakens with time, and the 42-day humanitarian appeal right to the Immigration and Protection Tribunal, which most people lose without ever knowing they had it.Read more

Frequently asked questions

Both can represent you to Immigration New Zealand and at the Immigration and Protection Tribunal. You need a New Zealand lawyer with a current practising certificate if your matter may go to court, or if it crosses into other areas of law such as employment or criminal matters affecting character. No immigration lawyer on this site is based in Palmerston North, alongside 17 licensed immigration advisers.

Search their name on the New Zealand Law Society's public Register of Lawyers, which shows whether a person holds a practising certificate. No immigration lawyer on this site is based in Palmerston North, and one based elsewhere is checked the same way. An immigration lawyer never appears on the Immigration Advisers Authority register, because a New Zealand lawyer with a current practising certificate may neither apply for nor hold an immigration adviser licence.

An immigration lawyer based elsewhere in New Zealand may be able to. Section 234 of the Immigration Act 2009 requires the Immigration and Protection Tribunal to decide an appeal on the papers unless section 233 requires or allows an oral hearing, as it does for some deportation and refugee appeals, and the tribunal may hold a hearing by telephone or audiovisual link. Of the immigration lawyers on this site, 92 are based outside Palmerston North. Whether one takes on your matter is for that immigration lawyer to decide.

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