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Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Regulation of immigration advisers - Immigration advisers to be licensed, unless exempt

17: Other matters relevant to fitness for licensing

You could also call this:

“Things the Registrar checks when deciding if you can be an immigration adviser”

When deciding if you can get a licence to be an immigration adviser, the Registrar can look at different things about you. They can think about:

If you have been found guilty of a crime in New Zealand or another country, even if it’s not the kind of crime mentioned in sections 15 and 16.

If you have been in trouble for doing something wrong in your job, whether it was giving immigration advice or doing another kind of work. This could be in New Zealand or another country. It also includes if you’ve had your licence taken away before or if you didn’t follow the rules when you were punished.

If you work with or know someone who wouldn’t be allowed to have a licence because of this section or sections 15 and 16.

The Registrar can also think about anything else they think is important when deciding if you should get a licence.

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Immigration advisers to be licensed, unless exempt

17Other matters relevant to fitness for licensing

  1. In determining a person's fitness to be licensed, the Registrar may take into account—

  2. any conviction, whether in New Zealand or in another country, for an offence of a kind other than those referred to in sections 15 and 16:
    1. any disciplinary proceedings, whether in New Zealand or in another country, and whether in relation to the provision of immigration advice or in relation to the conduct of any other occupation or profession, taken or being taken against the person (including any past cancellation or suspension of a licence under this Act, or any non-compliance with any other sanction imposed under this Act):
      1. whether or not the person is related by employment or association to a person to whom a licence would be refused under this section or section 15 or 16:
        1. any other matters that the Registrar considers relevant.

          Notes
          • Section 17(d): inserted, on , by section 30 of the Regulatory Systems (Immigration and Workforce) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 10).