All onshore immigration advisers are required to be licensed by the Immigration Advisers Authority, or exempt, by 4 May 2009. If you are intending to lodge an application for a client with INZ after 4 May 2009, and you are an unlicensed onshore adviser, INZ will refuse to accept your application for your client. For further information visit www.iaa.govt.nz.
Immigration New Zealand has introduced changes to our processes, operational policy, and systems (including the Expression of Interest and Working Holiday Schemes Online) to enable all immigration branches to identify unlicensed onshore advisers from 4 May 2009. From 4 May 2009, if an onshore adviser acting on behalf of an immigration client is neither on the Register nor exempt, their application will be returned and the Registrar of the Authority will be advised accordingly. Advisers who are waiting for a licensing decision from the Registrar are considered unlicensed.