Rafael Carlo Valencia Santos (Carlo)

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Based outside New Zealand

Rafael Carlo Valencia Santos is a licensed immigration adviser, holding licence 201001440 since first licensing in 2010.

Licence details

Licence number: 201001440
Licence status: Current
Licence type: Full
First licensed: 2010
Years licensed: 16
Licence last issued: 8 December 2025
Licence expires: 7 December 2026
Role: Self employed
Published IPT appeals: 0

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

Register context

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

First licensed in 2010, alongside 64 others from that year still licensed today. About 87% 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 8 currently licensed advisers based in Philippines.
The register records 16 filings for this licence between 26 August 2010 and 19 December 2025.

Licence history

Every filing recorded on the register for licence 201001440, newest first.

Full licence issued - Renewal · 19 December 2025
Full licence issued - Renewal · 8 April 2025
Full licence - Renewal · 8 December 2023
Full licence - Renewal · 8 December 2022
Full licence - Renewal · 8 December 2021
Full licence - Renewal · 8 December 2020
Full licence - Renewal · 8 December 2019
Full licence - Renewal · 8 December 2018
Full licence - Renewal · 8 December 2017
Full licence - Renewal · 8 December 2016
Full licence - Renewal · 8 December 2015
Full licence - Renewal · 8 December 2014
Full licence - Renewal · 8 December 2013
Full licence - Renewal · 8 December 2012
Full licence - Upgrade application · 8 December 2011
Limited licence - Initial application · 26 August 2010

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal decisions

Published decisions of the Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal concerning Rafael Carlo Valencia Santos. A decision is not itself a finding of wrongdoing — read each outcome; some complaints are dismissed.

[2025] NZIACDT 56 — INZ (Watson) v Santos2 December 2025

Immigration and Protection Tribunal appeal record

No published tribunal decisions were matched to Rafael Carlo Valencia Santos. 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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