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rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542071/new-zealand-born-teen-s-deportation-to-india-paused-at-last-minute">Daman Kumar's case</a> highlighted that anyone born after 2006 in New Zealand does not get automatic citizenship.</p><p>Kumar was told to leave the country by Tuesday or face a deportation order to India - a country he has never stepped foot in.</p><p>Associate Immigration Minister Chris Penk said on Monday he would reconsider the teenager's case, which his office initially turned down in December.</p><p>Immigration NZ said it did not hold data on the number of children born to parents who had overstayed their visa since 2006, nor the number of overstaying adults.</p><p>The last estimate of overstayer numbers was eight years ago.</p><p>"Children born in New Zealand after 1 January, 2006 automatically hold the most favourable visa status of their parents," said Immigration investigations and compliance manager Steve Watson.</p><p>"Therefore, if the parents of a child born after 1 January, 2006 are unlawfully in New Zealand, the child will inherit their immigration status as being unlawfully in New Zealand.</p><p>"We are only able to estimate of the number of people in New Zealand who may have overstayed their visa. 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