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Carina Ford

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Carina Ford

Current licenceFull licence

Licensed since 2011: 15 years
Published IPT appeals: 0
Licence type: Full
Licence number: 201100036

About this licence

Carina Ford holds a current full licence from the Immigration Advisers Authority, first issued in 2011. The register places them at Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers.

Licence number: 201100036
Licence type: Full
First licensed: 2011
Last issued: 12 January 2026
Expires: 11 January 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 2011, alongside 32 others from that year still licensed today. About 86% of the 1,752 immigration advisers holding a current licence were first licensed more recently.
Holds one of 1,438 full licences on the current register.
One of 355 currently licensed immigration advisers based in Australia.
Practises alongside 1 other licensed immigration adviser at Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers.
The register records 16 filings for this licence between 12 January 2011 and 19 December 2025.

Immigration and Protection Tribunal record

No published tribunal decisions were matched to Carina Ford. 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 Carina Ford. 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, .

Licence history

16 filings on the register

Full licence issued - Renewal19 December 2025
Full licence - Renewal12 January 2025
Full licence - Renewal12 January 2024
Full licence - Renewal12 January 2023
Full licence - Renewal12 January 2022
Full licence - Renewal12 January 2021
Full licence - Renewal12 January 2020
Full licence - Renewal12 January 2019
Full licence - Renewal12 January 2018
Full licence - Renewal12 January 2017
Full licence - Renewal12 January 2016
Full licence - TTMRA application12 January 2015
Full licence - TTMRA application12 January 2014
Full licence - TTMRA application12 January 2013
Full licence - TTMRA application12 January 2012
Full licence - TTMRA application12 January 2011

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Frequently asked questions

As at the Immigration Advisers Authority register refresh in October 2026, the register records Carina Ford as holding a current full licence, number 201100036, which expires on 11 January 2027. If the register and this page differ, the register is right.

The register records a full licence. Under section 19 of the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, the Registrar may grant a full licence to an applicant with overall competence in all areas of immigration advice.

The register places Carina Ford at Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers in Australia, 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 Carina Ford; a decision is linked to a profile only once the decision itself confirms which immigration adviser it concerns.

The register records Carina Ford as first licensed in 2011.

Colleagues at Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers

Nina Adele Merlino (Nina)Full licence, 2019

All 2 current at this firm

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About this licence

Register context

Immigration and Protection Tribunal record

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal decisions

Licence history

Before you engage any immigration adviser

Check the licence yourself

Ask for a written agreement

Complaints go to the IAA

Frequently asked questions

Is Carina Ford a licensed immigration adviser?

What type of licence does Carina Ford hold?

Where does Carina Ford work?

Has Carina Ford been named in a published disciplinary decision?

When was Carina Ford first licensed?

Colleagues at Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers