Checked against the IAA register every month
Find every licensed immigration adviser in New Zealand
Only a licensed immigration adviser or an exempt person, such as a New Zealand lawyer, can legally give you immigration advice. This directory covers all 1,752 currently licensed immigration advisers and is checked against the official IAA register every month.
1,752 current licences
Every currently licensed immigration adviser, re-read from the IAA register every month.
Order follows the record
No plan, payment or relationship moves a listing.
Sources on every figure
Figures as at 7 October 2026, from the official IAA register.
Immigration advisers by city
Every city page lists the licensed immigration advisers based there, ordered by how long they have held a licence.
- Most immigration advisersAuckland823licensed immigration advisers651immigration firms
- Christchurch133licensed immigration advisers
- Hamilton107licensed immigration advisers
- Wellington58licensed immigration advisers
- Tauranga45licensed immigration advisers
- Queenstown26licensed immigration advisers
- Palmerston North17licensed immigration advisers
- Dunedin10licensed immigration advisers
- Napier-Hastings10licensed immigration advisers
- Nelson9licensed immigration advisers
- Invercargill8licensed immigration advisers
- Whangarei7licensed immigration advisers
- New Plymouth4licensed immigration advisers
From the IAA public register, as at October 2026. Full IAA register statistics
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How to choose an immigration adviserChoosing an immigration adviser comes down to three checks: verify the licence is current, confirm real experience with your visa type, and get the scope and fees in writing before paying anything. Everything else, including polish, promises and glowing marketing, is secondary to those three.Read more
- What immigration advisers chargeHow fees are set and invoiced, and what the code of conduct requires.
- How to become a licensed immigration adviserThe Graduate Diploma, its eight papers, the IAA application and supervision.
- The Immigration Advisers AuthorityThe regulator, the licensing regime and the Act that created it.
- Immigration advice glossaryImmigration adviser, advisor, agent, consultant and the rest, defined.
Frequently asked questions
What a licensed immigration adviser is, what one does, what one costs, and how to check a licence before you engage anybody. Every answer here comes from the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, the code of conduct or the register itself.
Only licensed immigration advisers and people who are exempt under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 can give New Zealand immigration advice. The main exempt group is New Zealand lawyers with a current practising certificate. Anyone else charging for immigration advice is breaking the law.
A licensed immigration adviser is a person the Immigration Advisers Authority has licensed to give New Zealand immigration advice. Licensing is mandatory rather than voluntary: a licence is granted only to someone the Registrar finds fit and competent, it is either full, provisional or limited, and it must be renewed. Every licence ever granted, current or lapsed, appears on the IAA public register, which is where this directory gets its listings.
An immigration adviser assesses which visas you may be eligible for, advises on the options and the risks, prepares and lodges applications, deals with Immigration New Zealand on your behalf, including responding to a letter setting out potentially prejudicial information, and can represent you in an appeal to the Immigration and Protection Tribunal. The code of conduct requires a written agreement before the work starts, and invoices that show what was done.
Fees are set by each immigration adviser rather than by a scale, so they vary with the visa and the complexity of the case. The code of conduct requires fees to be fair and reasonable, agreed in writing before work begins, and invoiced in a way that shows what the money was for. Immigration New Zealand's own application fees are separate and are paid to INZ.
Advice commonly matters when an application has been declined, when a character, health or past immigration issue is involved, when Immigration New Zealand has sent a letter setting out potentially prejudicial information, or when an appeal deadline is running. Advice before you apply lets a licensed immigration adviser check your circumstances against the instructions Immigration New Zealand decides by, before anything is lodged. Whoever advises you must hold a current licence or be exempt under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007.
Search their name or licence number on this site or on the official IAA register. A current licence means the immigration adviser is authorised to give immigration advice under the code of conduct. This directory refreshes its copy of the register every month; as at October 2026 there are 1,752 immigration advisers with a current licence.
In New Zealand the legal term is licensed immigration adviser, also commonly spelled immigration advisor. People often say immigration agent or immigration consultant, but whoever you engage must either hold a current IAA licence or be exempt, such as a New Zealand lawyer with a current practising certificate.
You complete the Graduate Diploma in New Zealand Immigration Advice, apply to the Immigration Advisers Authority, and hold a provisional licence under the supervision of a fully licensed immigration adviser before upgrading to a full licence. The guide on becoming a licensed immigration adviser sets out the eight papers, the fees and the supervision requirement.