News
Keep up to date with news from the Immigration Advisers Authority.
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2021 Reference Group Update - Invitations for Expressions of Interest
Further to our announcement in the October Newsletter, we now invite expressions of interest from licensed immigration advisers to join our 2021 Reference Group. This is open to both New Zealand and overseas based advisers.
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October 2020 Newsletter
In this issue:
Update from Toi Ohomai
Upcoming webinar
Licensing matters
CPD: attending a mandatory webinar
Industry groups
Resources
Reference Group matters
The Authority in the media
Tribunal decisions -
Reference group minutes, 16 September 2020
Reference group minutes, 16 September 2020, 1pm - 2pm. Via Zoom
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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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COVID-19 Update
Current alert level will depend on where you are in New Zealand. For the latest information, visit the Government’s COVID-19 website.
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August 2020 Newsletter
In this issue:
COVID 19 Update - IAA Head Office closed
2020 Reference group update
Licensing matters
Tribunal Decisions -
Reference group minutes, 29 July 2020
Reference group minutes, 29 July 2020, 1pm - 3pm. Via Zoom
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July 2020 Newsletter
In this issue:
Prosecution for unlicensed immigration advice
2020 Licensed Immigration Adviser Reference Group
New FAQs section on website
Reminders for licensing and investigations matters
Webinars
Tribunal Decisions -
Reference group minutes, 24 June 2020
Reference group minutes, Wednesday 24 June 2020, 1pm - 3pm. Via Zoom
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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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May 2020 Newsletter
In this issue:
Message from the Registrar
2020 Reference group update
Updates from Toi Ohomai
Licensing matters
Tribunal decisions -
March 2020 Newsletter
In this issue:
COVID-19 Update -
February 2020 Newsletter
In this issue:
2020 Licensed Immigration Adviser Reference Group
Updates from Toi Ohomai
Licensing Matters
Webinars
Tribunal decisions -
January 2020 Newsletter
In this issue:
Join the 2020 Licensed Immigration Adviser Reference Group
Toolkits available on IAA website
Numbers of Licensed Immigration Advisers
Tribunal decisions -
December 2019 Newsletter
In this issue:
Join the 2020 Licensed Immigration Adviser Reference Group
Updates from Toi Ohomai
New Employee rights module from Employment New Zealand for employees
Tribunal decisions -
November 2019 Newsletter
IAA Webinars
Addressing the exploitation of temporary migrant workers
What happens when the Authority receives a complaint about a licensed adviser?
IAA in the media
Tribunal decisions -
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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September 2019 Newsletter
IAA Webinars
Employment Learning Modules
Not-for-profit scholarship – Toi Ohomai
Tribunal decisions -
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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August 2019 Newsletter
IAA Webinars
IAA in the media
Survey of the clients of advisers
Tribunal decisions