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Offshore adviser FAQs
I am based in New Zealand and provide advice about New Zealand immigration matters. Do I require a licence?
Yes. You must be licensed unless you are exempt.
I am based offshore and provide advice about New Zealand immigration matters. Do I require a licence?
Yes. You must be licensed unless you are exempt.
If you are outside of New Zealand when you lodge your application for a licence, then you will pay the offshore application fee of NZ$791.11 (the onshore fee of NZ$909.78, less GST) and the offshore levy of $NZ982.22 (the onshore levy of New Zealand$1129.55, less GST).
I am based offshore and provide advice about New Zealand immigration matters. All my clients are in New Zealand and I provide advice to them by email/phone. Do I require a licence?
Yes. You must be licensed unless you are exempt.
If you are outside of New Zealand when you lodge your application for a licence then you will pay the offshore application fee of NZ$791.11 (the onshore fee of NZ$909.78, less GST) and the offshore levy of NZ$982.22 (the onshore levy of NZ$1129.55, less GST).
I am currently in New Zealand but have been here for less than 183 days and am therefore “not ordinarily resident”. Do I require a licence?
Yes. You must be licensed unless you are exempt. This means that you must not provide immigration advice or you will risk prosecution.
If you are physically present in New Zealand on the date you lodge your application for a licence you will pay the onshore application fee of NZ$909.78 incl GST and levy of NZ$1129.55 incl GST.
I am “ordinarily resident” in New Zealand but am currently overseas. Do I require a licence?
Yes. You must be licensed, unless you are exempt. This means that you must not provide immigration advice or you will risk prosecution.
If you are ordinarily resident in New Zealand when you lodge your application for a licence (even if you are overseas on that date), you will pay the onshore application fee of NZ$909.78 incl GST and onshore levy of NZ$1129.55 incl GST.