Immigration and Protection Tribunal
The Immigration and Protection Tribunal (IPT) is the independent tribunal being set up to decide all immigration, deportation, refugee and protection appeals in New Zealand.
The IPT is being set up under the Immigration Act 2009, which was passed on 29 October 2009. The purpose of the Immigration Act 2009 is to improve New Zealand’s immigration system, and part of this improvement is streamlining the immigration appeal process by creating a single, ‘one-stop-shop’ tribunal to consider all grounds for appeal together in a single decision, where possible.
The IPT will replace the following four existing appeal bodies:
• Refugee Status Appeals Authority (RSAA)
• Removal Review Authority (RRA)
• Residence Review Board (RRB)
• Deportation Review Tribunal (DRT).
The Department of Labour currently supports the RRA, RRB and RSAA, while the Ministry of Justice currently supports the DRT. The new Tribunal will be established and supported by the Ministry of Justice.
More information
To find out more about the establishment of the new Tribunal and how it will operate, see the Commonly Asked Q&As page.
Links
• Immigration Act 2009 - link available soon.
