
The tribunal ruled he had exceptional humanitarian circumstances but it would not be unduly harsh to deport him, given the gravity of the lies he told. is remorseful for the errors in his visa applications, but he did not speak English and the errors were unintentional." "If deported to Vietnam, he would suffer social stigma and may engage in self-harm. "He has no connection with or intention to reconcile with his first wife in Vietnam or his second wife and he has no partner in New Zealand," the tribunal was told. "īut a furniture business he ran in Vietnam failed and he returned to live with his eldest daughter in Auckland in 2018, helping her as a single parent of two children. added that you were always conflicted with the double life you were leading, and that in 2016, you decided to return to Vietnam to live with.
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"She advised during the verification process that she lost contact with you when she was three years old and was not aware that you had entered New Zealand.

In the meantime, his eldest daughter found out who her father was and came to New Zealand, telling Immigration New Zealand (INZ) about her father's two families in 2014 and again three years later when she applied for a work visa. She became suspicious of his past and after he visited Vietnam for a month or two or at a time for two years, they separated. In April 2012, applied for a resident visa based on his partnership with his second wife." met his first wife there and she became pregnant with their second child. "In January 2012, mother died, and he returned to Vietnam. He met his second wife in New Zealand in 2004 and married her four years after, later saying he thought he was divorced. "This resulted in serious disharmony between and his wife and resulted in her ending their relationship so she would no longer be harassed for the debt." "In Vietnam, creditors harassed the wife to repay the loan," according to the summary of his tribunal evidence. The man borrowed money to pay an education agent for a student visa in 1998, in the hope he could find work in New Zealand. However, he could still apply for visitor visas as his first daughter and grandchildren now live here. The Immigration and Protection Tribunal said allowing his appeal against deportation would 'seriously undermine the integrity' of the immigration system. She was three when he left her and her mother, his first wife, in Vietnam.īut he later returned to Vietnam and had a second child while getting New Zealand residency through a second wife.

His daughter told immigration officials he had always been conflicted by the double life he was leading. The man lived unlawfully in New Zealand from 2001.
