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Maria Cecilia Guda Jimenez (Maria Jimenez)

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Current licenceFull licence

Licensed since 2019: 7 years
Published IPT appeals: 0
Licence type: Full
Licence number: 201900723

About this licence

Maria Cecilia Guda Jimenez holds a current full licence from the Immigration Advisers Authority, first issued in 2019. The register places them at BizSmart Services Limited in Christchurch.

Licence number: 201900723
Licence type: Full
First licensed: 2019
Last issued: 20 October 2025
Expires: 19 October 2026
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 1,438 full licences on the current register.
One of 133 currently licensed immigration advisers based in Christchurch.
The register records 8 filings for this licence between 20 August 2019 and 17 October 2025.

Immigration and Protection Tribunal record

No published tribunal decisions were matched to Maria Cecilia Guda Jimenez. 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 Maria Cecilia Guda Jimenez. 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

8 filings on the register

Provisional licence from 2019, 3 yearsFull licence from 2022, 4 years

Full licence issued - Renewal17 October 2025
Full licence - Renewal20 October 2024
Full licence - Renewal20 October 2023
Full licence - Upgrade application20 October 2022
Provisional licence - Renewal20 August 2022
Provisional licence - Renewal20 August 2021
Provisional licence - Renewal20 August 2020
Provisional licence - Initial application20 August 2019

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Frequently asked questions

As at the Immigration Advisers Authority register refresh in October 2026, the register records Maria Cecilia Guda Jimenez as holding a current full licence, number 201900723, which expires on 19 October 2026. 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 Maria Cecilia Guda Jimenez at BizSmart Services Limited in Christchurch, 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 Maria Cecilia Guda Jimenez; a decision is linked to a profile only once the decision itself confirms which immigration adviser it concerns.

The register records Maria Cecilia Guda Jimenez as first licensed in 2019.

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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 Maria Cecilia Guda Jimenez a licensed immigration adviser?

What type of licence does Maria Cecilia Guda Jimenez hold?

Where does Maria Cecilia Guda Jimenez work?

Has Maria Cecilia Guda Jimenez been named in a published disciplinary decision?

When was Maria Cecilia Guda Jimenez first licensed?