Karen Lee Russell (Karen)

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Karen Lee Russell is a licensed immigration adviser at Leading HR and Immigration NZ Ltd in Christchurch, holding licence 201600592 since first licensing in 2016.

Licence details

Licence number: 201600592
Licence status: Current
Licence type: Full
First licensed: 2016
Years licensed: 10
Licence last issued: 5 April 2026
Licence expires: 4 April 2027
Business: Leading HR and Immigration NZ Ltd
Role: Director
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Published IPT appeals: 0

Source: IAA public register, refreshed August 2026. Verify on the official register.

Register context

Where this licence sits in the register as at August 2026 — all figures derived from the IAA public register, none editorial.

First licensed in 2016, alongside 89 others from that year still licensed today. About 62% of the 1,690 advisers holding a current licence were first licensed more recently.
Holds one of 1,376 full licences on the current register.
One of 126 currently licensed advisers based in Christchurch.
Practises alongside 1 other licensed adviser at Leading HR and Immigration NZ Ltd: Alicia Jayne Gainsford.
The register records 11 filings for this licence between 5 April 2016 and 30 March 2026.

Licence history

Every filing recorded on the register for licence 201600592, newest first.

Full licence issued - Renewal · 30 March 2026
Full licence issued - Renewal · 2 April 2025
Full licence - Renewal · 5 April 2024
Full licence - Renewal · 5 April 2023
Full licence - Renewal · 5 April 2022
Full licence - Renewal · 5 April 2021
Full licence - Renewal · 5 April 2020
Full licence - Renewal · 5 April 2019
Full licence - Renewal · 5 April 2018
Full licence - Renewal · 5 April 2017
Full licence - Initial application · 5 April 2016

Immigration and Protection Tribunal appeal record

No published tribunal decisions were matched to Karen Lee Russell. That is not the same as never having appeared: decisions name the representative by initial and surname only, so where a name could point to more than one person on the register we leave it out rather than credit it to the wrong practitioner. Most immigration work also never reaches the tribunal at all. If appearances are missing, tell us on the corrections page.

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