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Invitation to provide feedback on the Graduate Diploma in New Zealand Immigration Advice
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology (Toi Ohomai) has a Graduate Diploma in New Zealand Immigration Advice (GDNZIA) Industry Partnership Group. The group is made up of GDNZIA programme staff, an Authority representative, an INZ representative, and Licensed
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Update from Immigration NZ
Immigration NZ (INZ) updates about student visas and the Accredited Employer Work Visa.
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Tribunal Decisions – April 2024
The Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal has recently released 12 sanction decisions in relation to several advisers.
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Third wave of Annual migrant survey closes 2 May 2025
The 2024/2025 survey of visa applicants who have used a licensed immigration adviser will be conducted in 4 waves, with the third one being conducted during April and May 2025.
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Generating a link to your adviser page
Many advisers provide a link to their adviser page in their email signature or on their website. Since the launch of the new portal, adviser pages have dynamic URLs — so it’s difficult to provide a link.
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Uploading Continuing Professional Development (CPD) documents in our new online platform
As an adviser you are required to complete 20 hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in each licensing year. While you can keep your plans and records in your own systems, some prefer to maintain them online.
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Webinar Announcement – 8 May 2025
Our first webinar for the year will focus on written agreements. Being able to prepare clear and understandable written agreements is essential to meeting the Competency Standard 6.7 performance indicator.
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Logging into your account for the first time
If you have an existing record in the IAA public register (because you hold a current licence, or have previously held a licence), you will need to set up your access to the new IAA portal.
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Changes to the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 now in force
The changes to the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 (the Act) announced on 27 March 2005, are now in force.
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Upcoming changes to Immigration Advisers Licensing Act (2007)
Over the last 12 months, Regulatory Systems (Immigration and Workforce) Amendment Bill (No.3) has been going through Parliament. These changes will come into force shortly.
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Visa processing progress – Immigration NZ Update
Improving visa processing times is a top priority as we know how important this is to all our customers. With good people, technology, and processes, we have delivered some results that show we are heading in the right direction.
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GDNZIA Industry Partnership Group
The GDNZIA industry partnership group is made up of GDNZIA programme staff, a representative from the Authority, a representative from INZ and those working in the immigration advice industry.
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February 2025 Tribunal decisions
The Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal has recently released 3 sanction decisions.
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Recent Immigration Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal decisions
The Immigration Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal has recently released 2 decisions that we would like to highlight.
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Supervision
Provisional licence holders are required to work under direct supervision of a full licence holder.
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Changes proposed to the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007
The Regulatory Systems (Immigration and Workforce) Amendment Bill, which will make changes to the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, was returned to the House before Christmas and is awaiting its second reading in Parliament.
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New Immigration Advisers portal launched
A new and upgraded Immigration Advisers portal was released on 24 February 2025.
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Rescheduled release of new Immigration Advisers portal
The new Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) online portal has been rescheduled for release on 24 February 2025.
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New Immigration Advisers Authority online portal release delayed
The scheduled upgrade of the Immigration Advisors Authority (IAA) portal, due to be released on 3 February, has been delayed.
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Second wave of Annual migrant survey to begin January 2025
The 2024/2025 survey of visa applicants who have used a licensed immigration adviser will be conducted in four waves, with the second one being conducted during January and February 2025. This survey has been conducted since the 2008/2009 financial year. The survey is undertaken to understand the ex...
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Digital licences are coming February 2025
From 3 February 2025, we will start rolling out digital licences to licensed immigration advisers.
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December 2024 Newsletter
In this issue:
- Upgrade to Immigration Advisers Authority register coming soon
- Webinar Questions
- Proactive Compliance Inspection Programme
- Statutes Amendment Bill update
- Tribunal decisions
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Upgrade to Immigration Advisers Authority register coming soon
An upgrade is coming 3 February 2025 to the Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) online portal.
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New series to help businesses unmask cyber crime
Small businesses are the target for nearly half of all cyber crime in Aotearoa, with one in three experiencing at least one cyber attack. But less than half of business owners say they are prepared for an online incident.
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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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September 2024 newsletter
In this issue:
- A year in numbers (2023-2024)
- Tips to improve supervision of provisional licence holders
- Licensed Immigration Adviser fined and prevented from reapplying for licence for 2 years
- Update from INZ: Accredited Employer Work Visa -
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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July 2024 newsletter
In this issue:
- Amendments to the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007
- Job Vacancy – Senior Technical Advisor
- Taking parental leave and your licence
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April 2024 newsletter
In this issue:
- Recent investigation trends and most common breaches
- Webinar reminder: Client engagement and rubber-stamping
- Message from INZ – Fake visas circulating
- Provide your feedback on the Graduate Diploma in NZ Immigration Advice -
December 2023 newsletter
In this issue:
- What do Migrant trends tell us?
- IAA webinar 3: Link to recording
- GDNZIA Industry Partnership Group