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Christine Lai Chun Yap (Christine)

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ChristchurchMigration Associates (NZ) Limited

Current licenceFull licence

Licensed since 2009: 17 years
Published IPT appeals: 0
Licence type: Full
Licence number: 200900258

About this licence

Christine Lai Chun Yap holds a current full licence from the Immigration Advisers Authority, first issued in 2009. The register places them at Migration Associates (NZ) Limited in Christchurch.

Licence number: 200900258
Licence type: Full
First licensed: 2009
Last issued: 8 July 2026
Expires: 7 July 2027
Role: Employee

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 2009, alongside 104 others from that year still licensed today. About 91% 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 133 currently licensed immigration advisers based in Christchurch.
Practises alongside 2 other licensed immigration advisers at Migration Associates (NZ) Limited.
The register records 17 filings for this licence between 4 May 2009 and 2 July 2026.

Immigration and Protection Tribunal record

No published tribunal decisions were matched to Christine Lai Chun Yap. 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

Published decisions of the Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal concerning Christine Lai Chun Yap. A decision is not itself a finding of wrongdoing: read each outcome, as some complaints are dismissed.

[2013] NZIACDT 43, McLeod v C Yap15 July 2013
[2013] NZIACDT 42, Geldenhuys v C Yap15 July 2013
[2013] NZIACDT 27, Geldenhuys v C Yap12 April 2013
[2013] NZIACDT 19, McLeod v C Yap28 March 2013

Supervision

The register has recorded Christine Lai Chun Yap as a supervising immigration adviser before.

Christine Lai Chun Yap has been the appointed supervisor on earlier provisional licences, most recently on an appointment dated 17 August 2009.

Source: IAA public register. Every immigration adviser named here held a current licence at the latest monthly refresh. Earlier appointments come from provisional licences that have since ended, and from our own register reads since September 2026. 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

17 filings on the register

Full licence issued - Renewal2 July 2026
Full licence issued - Renewal10 June 2025
Full licence - Renewal8 July 2024
Full licence - Renewal8 July 2023
Full licence - Renewal8 July 2022
Full licence - Renewal8 July 2021
Full licence - Renewal8 July 2020
Full licence - Renewal8 July 2019
Full licence - Renewal8 July 2018
Full licence - Renewal8 July 2017
Full licence - Renewal8 July 2016
Full licence - Renewal8 July 2015
Full licence - Initial application8 July 2014
Full licence - Renewal4 May 2012
Full licence - Renewal4 May 2011
Full licence - Renewal4 May 2010
Full licence - Initial application4 May 2009

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Frequently asked questions

As at the Immigration Advisers Authority register refresh in October 2026, the register records Christine Lai Chun Yap as holding a current full licence, number 200900258, which expires on 7 July 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 Christine Lai Chun Yap at Migration Associates (NZ) Limited in Christchurch, as at the refresh in October 2026.

4 published decisions of the Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal are matched to Christine Lai Chun Yap, the most recent [2013] NZIACDT 43, dated 15 July 2013. A decision is not itself a finding of wrongdoing: read each outcome, as some complaints are dismissed.

The register records Christine Lai Chun Yap as first licensed in 2009.

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