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Ahmed Zaoui and his lawyers are preparing for a private hearing by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security to decide the Algerian refugee's future.
The hearing will start on July 9, but Mr Zaoui's lawyer, Deborah Manning, said they had known the date for some time and "had been working extremely long hours in order to be ready for it".
A statement from the office of the inspector-general, Justice Paul Neazor, said the hearing would be in private as required by law.
The hearing of evidence from Mr Zaoui and witnesses he wishes to call is part of the review of the Government's security risk certificate which will decide his future.
Ms Manning said although such hearings were not open to the public, they were termed "open" because they were not dealing with classified information.
She said there was still quite a lot of work to be done on the review process.
"The special advocates went down to Wellington to view the classified information approximately two weeks ago and that's a very important aspect of this process," Ms Manning said.
The special advocates are counsel for Mr Zaoui who will see the classified information and will make submissions on potential further disclosure and the credibility of that information.
"So it's quite possible that Mr Zaoui may end up with further disclosures from that process. and so that information and other miscellaneous matters could be the subjects of further 'open' hearings," Ms Manning said.
The special advocates have been given security clearance to be permitted to view the classified information.
Mr Zaoui, formerly an elected MP in Algeria, arrived in New Zealand in 2003 and sought refugee status, saying he would be tortured or killed if he was sent home. He spent almost two years in prison waiting for his case to be decided.
- NZPA
