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Immigration Adviser’s licence cancelled — ordered to pay $58,500 in compensation
Licensed Immigration Adviser Tzu-Tong Jane Ma has had her licence cancelled after serious breaches of the law. She has also been ordered to pay $58,500 in compensation to 2 migrants and a $10,000 penalty.
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Unlicensed immigration adviser sentenced to jail
A repeat offender who provided immigration advice while being unlicensed and, and in some cases, received some payment from his clients, has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison on 9 October 2024 and ordered to pay three of his victims a
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Licensed Immigration Adviser fined and prevented from reapplying for licence for 2 years
Licensed Immigration Adviser John Lawlor has been censured and prevented from reapplying for any licence for a period of 2 years.
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Former Licensed Immigration Adviser convicted following MBIE investigation
A former Licensed Immigration Adviser has been sentenced to 6-months community detention and 100 hours community service after he was found guilty of breaching the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 (the Act).
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Former licensed Immigration Adviser convicted, puts visa applicant at risk
Former Auckland based licensed immigration adviser, Gregory Francisco Smith, who continued to provide immigration advice without a licence, was convicted and sentenced last week at the Manukau District Court.
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Church pastor’s wife sentenced for providing illegal immigration advice
The wife of a church pastor who charged hundreds of dollars from visa applicants for all the applications she lodged on their behalf, has been sentenced in the Auckland District Court for providing immigration advice illegally.
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Company director sentenced to community detention and ordered to pay $74,703 for immigration advice provided without license
A Christchurch woman, whose company provided immigration advice to migrants, has been convicted and sentenced to six months community detention and ordered to repay a total of $74,703, following two charges laid by the Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA)
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Home detention, community work, and large fine for company director providing unlicensed immigration advice
An Auckland man has been fined and sentenced to six months home detention and 200 hours community work, and his company fined and ordered to repay victims for providing immigration advice without being licensed or exempt, and asking for or receiving a fee
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Unlicensed immigration adviser sentenced to community detention
North Shore businessman Peter Woodberg has been sentenced to six months community detention, 12 months supervision and ordered to pay $5600 reparation to victims, following his guilty plea to three representative charges laid by the IAA for providing immi
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Unlicensed immigration adviser sentenced to home detention
Timothy Joseph Spooner has been sentenced to 4 months home detention and ordered to pay $7050 reparation to victims following his guilty plea in May to five charges laid by the IAA for providing advice to immigrants when neither licensed nor exempt.
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Unlicensed immigration adviser pleads not guilty to 13 offences of giving unlicensed advice
Peter Woodberg has been charged with 13 offences by the Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) for knowingly providing immigration advice without being licensed or exempt. The alleged offending included advising clients to mislead New Zealand authorities.
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Unlicensed immigration adviser charged with 13 offences
An Auckland based business man has been charged with 13 offences by the Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) for knowingly providing immigration advice without being licensed or exempt.
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Education providers reminded about immigration advice laws
The Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) has visited more than 20 education providers in the past week, reminding them of the laws around providing immigration advice for New Zealand.
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Unlicensed immigration adviser pleads guilty
An Auckland man has pleaded guilty to five charges laid by the Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA), four representative counts of providing immigration advice without being licensed or exempt, and one representative charge of asking for or receiving a fe
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Unlicensed immigration advice in the Pacific community leads to community work sentence
An Auckland woman from the Tongan community has been sentenced to 250 hours community work after pleading guilty to charges of unlawful immigration advice.
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Education agent pleads guilty to four charges of unlawful immigration advice
The director of an Auckland based education placement service for international students has been handed down a commuted sentence of nine months home detention, after pleading guilty to four charges of unlawful immigration advice.
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New Registrar appointed
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is pleased to announce it has appointed Andrew Galloway to the position of Registrar of the Immigration Advisers Authority.
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Looking for Immigration advice?
New Zealand’s Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) has launched a campaign to help Brazilians, Chileans and Colombians looking to live or work in New Zealand know what to do when seeking immigration advice.
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Looking for Immigration advice? (Español)
La Autoridad de Asesoría Migratoria (Immigration Advisers Authority, IAA) de Nueva Zelanda ha lanzado una campaña para ayudar a que los brasileros, chilenos y colombianos que estén considerando vivir o trabajar en Nueva Zelanda sepan qué deben hacer para
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Looking for Immigration advice? (Português)
A Autoridade de Consultores de Imigração (Immigration Advisers Authority, IAA) da Nova Zelândia lançou uma campanha para ajudar brasileiros, chilenos e colombianos pensando em morar ou trabalhar na Nova Zelândia a procurar orientação sobre como imigrar.
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Woman pleads guilty to three charges of unlawful immigration advice
An Auckland woman has pleaded guilty to three charges laid by the Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) of unlawfully asking for a fee for immigration advice, and taking payment, from four of her family members and friends in the Tongan community.
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Unlicensed immigration adviser prosecuted for multiple offences
A 65-year old Auckland man has been charged by the Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) with multiple counts of giving immigration advice without being licensed or exempt, holding out to be a licensed immigration adviser, and unlawfully taking payment.
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Unlicensed woman charged with asking for fee for immigration advice
A 31-year-old Auckland woman appeared today in the Manukau District Court charged with unlawfully asking for a fee for immigration advice and taking payment from four family members and friends in the Tongan community.
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Education agent charged for unlicensed immigration advice
A 47-year-old Auckland woman has appeared in the Auckland District Court today charged with unlawfully providing immigration advice and taking fees for the advice from seven Chinese nationals.
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Migrants satisfied with licensed immigration advisers worldwide
More than eight out of 10 migrants surveyed are satisfied with the quality of service they received from licensed immigration advisers located in New Zealand as well as overseas, says Registrar of the Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) Catherine Albi
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Unlicensed immigration adviser sentenced to home detention
An Auckland woman of Tongan nationality has been sentenced to 10 months home detention and ordered to pay reparation of $6,420 for illegally providing New Zealand immigration advice in the Tongan community. The sentence came after the woman pleaded
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IAA tells Filipinos - "check your immigration adviser is licensed or exempt"
Registrar of the New Zealand Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) Catherine Albiston will be in the Philippines next week raising awareness of the importance of only using licensed or exempt advisers when seeking New Zealand immigration advice.
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Auckland woman admits guilt
An Auckland woman of Tongan nationality has pleaded guilty to 14 charges laid by the Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) for illegally providing New Zealand immigration advice.
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$7,000 fine imposed after three-year immigration advice case
An Auckland woman must pay a fine of $7,000 after an Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) investigation into her history of providing immigration advice through a radio broadcast programme without a licence.
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Auckland woman faces 22 charges for providing illegal immigration advice
The Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) has laid a total of 22 charges against an Auckland woman of Tongan nationality for illegally providing New Zealand immigration advice.