Welcome to the latest edition of the Immigration Advisers Authority newsletter
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Message from the Registrar
Kia ora koutou,
I hope everyone in the Southern Hemisphere has made it through winter well and is starting to enjoy some of these longer, warmer spring days.
Welcome to this month’s newsletter. In it you’ll find details for our next webinar which will be about confidentiality and conflicts of interest. The webinar is on 30 September from 10am – 11am NZST. Find the link to register further down the newsletter.
We’ve included the licensing and complaints statistics for the 2024/25 financial year, which may be of interest to many of you. The number of licensed advisers continues to grow. Complaints for both licensed and unlicensed advisers have also increased.
With the move to digital licences, the IAA Auckland office has a surplus of printed "Professional Standards" leaflets. We are making this supply available to licensed immigration advisers for pickup from our office until 10 October 2025. Please email to arrange a time for pickup if you are interested.
A reminder that the new IAA online portal was released earlier this year. Before you use the new portal for the first time, make sure to link your existing record. Click here for more details.
We hope you enjoy this edition of the newsletter.
Keep our standards high,
Ngā mihi nui,
Duncan Connor
Registrar of Immigration Advisers
A Year in Numbers
2024-2025
Overall, there has been a slight increase in the total number of licensed immigration advisers – up from 1361 to 1498. Of these, the majority are located within New Zealand.
GDNZIA industry placements
Places for semester one 2026 have been closed on the Toi Ohomai website due to high demand. However, they still have a number of industry places reserved for people currently working in the industry. Get in touch with Toi Ohomai as soon as possible if you’d like to reserve a place.
Webinar - 30 September
Join us for our second webinar of the year, where we will focus on confidentiality and conflicts of interest. These are key areas for meeting Competency Standard 6.1 and 6.6 performance indicators.
Improving practice: Insights from IAA pilot of onsite inspections
The Immigration Advisers Authority has completed a pilot of on-site inspections and will now include them in the licensing process where possible.
Tribunal decisions – September 2025
The Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal has recently released four sanction decisions involving licensed advisers.
Update from Immigration New Zealand
Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is making changes to immigration rules as part of the Government’s International Education Going for Growth plan. These changes aim to attract more international students and manage immigration risks
Immigration Adviser’s licence cancelled
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 two migrants and a $10,000 penalty.
