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Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Miscellaneous provisions - Register of licensed immigration advisers

78: Contents of register

You could also call this:

“What information is kept about immigration advisers”

The register of licensed immigration advisers contains important information about people who can give immigration advice. Here’s what you’ll find in it:

You can see the full name and business address of everyone who has a licence to give immigration advice. Each adviser has a special number or identifier that you can find in the register. The register also shows where you can send important documents to the adviser.

If the adviser works for someone else, you can find out who their employer is. The register tells you when each adviser was first registered and what kind of licence they have - it could be a full licence, a limited licence, or a provisional licence.

Sometimes, there might be special rules or conditions for an adviser’s licence. The register will tell you about these. If an adviser’s licence was ever cancelled, given up, or suspended, you can see when that happened.

The register also includes a list of people who don’t need a licence to give immigration advice. You can find out who these people are.

If someone’s licence was cancelled or suspended, or if they tried to get a licence but weren’t allowed, their name will be on the register too.

The person in charge of the register might add other helpful information as well.

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Part 2 Miscellaneous provisions
Register of licensed immigration advisers

78Contents of register

  1. The register must contain all of the following information:

  2. the full name and business address of every person licensed under this Act to give immigration advice:
    1. the licence number or other unique identifier provided to a licensed immigration adviser on being granted a licence under section 19:
      1. the address for service of each licensed immigration adviser:
        1. the licensed immigration adviser's employer, if applicable:
          1. the date of each registration of each licensed immigration adviser:
            1. whether a person's licence is a full licence, a limited licence, or a provisional licence:
              1. any terms or conditions attached to a person's licence:
                1. if applicable, the date on which any cancellation, surrender, or suspension of a person's registration took effect:
                  1. a list of the categories of persons who are exempt under section 11 or under regulations made under section 12 from the requirement to be licensed to give immigration advice:
                    1. any other particulars that may be prescribed.

                      1. The register must also list the name and details of any person—

                      2. whose licence has been cancelled or suspended at any time; or
                        1. whose application for a licence has been refused.

                          1. The register may also contain any other information that the Registrar considers relevant, taking into account the purposes of the register as set out in section 77(2).

                          Notes
                          • Section 78(3): inserted, on , by section 39 of the Regulatory Systems (Immigration and Workforce) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 10).