Status run to Auckland

[mckinj02]

I’m doing a status from Sydney to Auckland and return on the same day. Will there be any issues at immigration in New Zealand. I only have five hours between landing and my flight back to Sydney on the same day.

 

[serfty]

Is there even anywhere to stay airside when arriving in AKL?

I've sat in the international terminal landside from midnight to 4am several times and it wasn't that bad, just noisy as hundreds or even thousands of people seemed to have the same idea.

Pre COVID, I had an onward BP and was able to use transit security. I have had no similar transits since.

Will be trying it again next month.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

They will move you on.
You cannot stay airside that long, dont think that there are any seats even, its a very long walkway of turning corners after you get off the plane, to immi.
There are even no loos from deplaning, till you get to the recorded Maori totem pole!
Landside, can be done.
As you cannot move to dep (where the lounges are) as its immi controlled.
On the arr side, there is nowhere to sit, on the arr side.
From plane arr, the aim is to get you to move straight off to immi and customs.
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Ive seen a few places where people can sleep. It's much quieter and comfortable when compared to landside. My main issue is that I'm not sure if immigration is manned at 430am considering the earliest flight is at 445am. That's a risk I'm not willing to take.

I might just stay at the Ibis for $150 for 5 hours and walkover to the domestic terminal in the morning. Wouldn't have been worth it for if it was only 3-4 hours arriving into AKL earlier certainly has ticked it over to being worthwhile for me.

Ive seen a few places where people can sleep
You mean on the floor...?
Have only seens chairs on the dep side, of the glass partition for int dep.
Thought that there were no chairs, on the arr, very sterile.