A woman who used a fake passport to enter New Zealand has been jailed – and could be deported on her release.
Yunjuan Li, of China, was sentenced to 26 months' imprisonment for immigration fraud in the Christchurch District Court, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) said.
After being declined a visa to New Zealand, Yunjuan Li got the help of an international travel agency to change her identity, and that of her 18-year-old son, Bao Li. She obtained a fraudulent Chinese passport for them both.
Under her new identity Li was approved a visitor visa in 2005. She married a New Zealand citizen in 2006.
In 2011, she was granted a residence under her false identity. She was arrested in 2015 after an Immigration New Zealand (INZ) investigation.
INZ assistant general manager Peter Devoy said: "Over a period of years Yunjuan Li successfully duped a number of people and organisations into believing she was someone else."
Li pleaded guilty to six charges of supplying false or misleading information to an immigration officer and one representative charge of producing a passport knowing it to have been fraudulently obtained.
"Immigration New Zealand will not stand by while people commit immigration fraud. The message is clear – we will find you and we will take you to court."
INZ would review Li's liability for deportation, Devoy said.
Bao Li, now 30, was sentenced to community detention and 300 hours of community work, MBIE said. 作者: RollingSmile 时间: 2016-6-17 14:17:34