Get Licenced

Applying for an immigration adviser licence

Anyone giving immigration advice must be licensed unless exempt.

This includes immigration consultants, advisers in the recruitment, travel and education sectors and anyone who is:

“using or purporting to use knowledge of or experience in immigration to advise, direct, assist or represent another person in regard to an immigration matter relating to New Zealand.”

Giving people publicly available information (e.g. information on the Immigration New Zealand website) is not classified as immigration advice.  And people who undertake clerical work, settlement services or translating or interpreting services do not need a licence.  Find out more on who needs to be licensed.

The current route to becoming a licensed immigration adviser or obtaining a provisional licence involves applying to the Authority directly.

In the future you will need to have completed the Graduate Certificate in New Zealand Immigration Advice Level 7 qualification to be eligible to apply.

If you are an Australian migration agent registered with the Office of the MARA, you can apply for a New Zealand immigration advisers licence under the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act.

Information for other offshore advisers.