So what happens if you're a NZer who can not get a MIQ slot (which may have been more plentiful when you left), but your Visa in your current location is expiring?
Luckily Taiwan border opened up at the last minute and we were able to travel there instead.
Basically the whole quarantine and MIQ is a massive cluster fuck mess. And you can’t even call anyone. You can only contact them via email.
Or yano, deportation / imprisonment...
There's not many good solutions in this case and it is very difficult to match a reservation spot with an airline ticket out.
isn't this what you'd want? deported back to your country? It's not like you could be denied entry at the airport, and deported back to the foreign country...
lol
Then as other commenters have mentioned, it's going to have some long lasting consequences.
It will make a lot of the countries in the world require you to get a visa before entering (or even transiting), as in apply for a visa, spend 3-4 months dealing with embassies and spending a decent amount of money while you explain what happened and potentially be denied anyway.
I.e. you'll know what it's like not to have been born in a first world country.