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Banafsheh Ostad (Sonia)

Current licenceProvisional licence

HamiltonWaikato Ethnic Family services Trust

Current licenceProvisional licence

Licensed since 2019: 7 years
Published IPT appeals: 0
Licence type: Provisional
Licence number: 201900539

About this licence

Banafsheh Ostad holds a current provisional licence from the Immigration Advisers Authority, first issued in 2019. The register places them at Waikato Ethnic Family services Trust in Hamilton.

Licence number: 201900539
Licence type: Provisional
First licensed: 2019
Last issued: 20 June 2026
Expires: 19 June 2027
Role: Director

Mirrors the IAA register, refreshed October 2026. If the register and this page differ, the register is right.

Register context

Where this licence sits in the register as at October 2026. Every figure comes from the IAA public register; none is editorial.

First licensed in 2019, alongside 93 others from that year still licensed today. About 49% of the 1,752 immigration advisers holding a current licence were first licensed more recently.
Holds one of 309 provisional licences on the current register.
One of 107 currently licensed immigration advisers based in Hamilton.
The register records 8 filings for this licence between 20 June 2019 and 8 June 2026.

Immigration and Protection Tribunal record

No published tribunal decisions were matched to Banafsheh Ostad. Matching is conservative: decisions name the representative by initial and surname only, so a decision is shown only where that name points to this person with certainty. Most immigration work never reaches the tribunal at all. If appearances are missing, .

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal decisions

No published decisions of the Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal were matched to Banafsheh Ostad. A decision is linked to a profile only once the decision itself confirms which immigration adviser it concerns. Published decisions are listed in the tribunal decisions archive. If a decision is missing, .

Supervision

The register names Banafsheh Ostad's supervisor.

BKBhavin Kumar Vinodbhai DesaiImmigration Visa LimitedSupervisor, full licence 201501398. Appointed 26 April 2023

Source: IAA public register. Every immigration adviser named here held a current licence at the latest monthly refresh. The IAA on supervision.

How supervision works

A first licence is provisional. The holder works under the direct supervision of an immigration adviser with a full licence, under a supervision agreement the Registrar approves, before upgrading to a full licence. Supervision is a stage in licensing, not a rating of either immigration adviser.

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Licence history

8 filings on the register

Provisional licence issued - Renewal8 June 2026
Provisional licence issued - Renewal18 June 2025
Provisional licence - Renewal20 June 2024
Provisional licence - Renewal20 June 2023
Provisional licence - Renewal20 June 2022
Provisional licence - Renewal20 June 2021
Provisional licence - Renewal20 June 2020
Provisional licence - Initial application20 June 2019

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Frequently asked questions

As at the Immigration Advisers Authority register refresh in October 2026, the register records Banafsheh Ostad as holding a current provisional licence, number 201900539, which expires on 19 June 2027. If the register and this page differ, the register is right.

The register records a provisional licence. Under section 19 of the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, a provisional licence is one of the three licence types the Registrar may grant, and it carries the conditions that section sets.

The register places Banafsheh Ostad at Waikato Ethnic Family services Trust in Hamilton, as at the refresh in October 2026.

No matched published decisions. No published decision of the Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal has been matched to Banafsheh Ostad; a decision is linked to a profile only once the decision itself confirms which immigration adviser it concerns.

The register records Banafsheh Ostad as first licensed in 2019.

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