Is Viveg Lingam Mudaliar a licensed immigration adviser?

Not on a current licence. As at the Immigration Advisers Authority register refresh in October 2026, the register records licence 200901418 for Viveg Lingam Mudaliar with the status refused. If the register and this page differ, the register is right.

Has Viveg Lingam Mudaliar been named in a published disciplinary decision?

5 published decisions of the Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal are matched to Viveg Lingam Mudaliar, the most recent [2017] NZIACDT 10, dated 28 July 2017. A decision is not itself a finding of wrongdoing: read each outcome, as some complaints are dismissed.

Has Viveg Lingam Mudaliar represented anyone at the Immigration and Protection Tribunal?

Published Immigration and Protection Tribunal decisions name Viveg Lingam Mudaliar as representative in 11 appeals.

When was Viveg Lingam Mudaliar first licensed?

The register records Viveg Lingam Mudaliar as first licensed in 2009.

Viveg Lingam Mudaliar (Viveg)

Refused

Immigration adviser licence refused

Auckland

Refused

First licensed: 2009
Published IPT appeals: 11
Appeals allowed, where decided: 2 of 11
Licence number: 200901418

Viveg Lingam Mudaliar is not a currently licensed immigration adviser. Their licence application was refused by the Immigration Advisers Authority. Check the official IAA register before engaging anyone for immigration advice.

Immigration and Protection Tribunal record

11 published appeals

Allowed 2Other 0Dismissed 9

Published appeals by appeal type, with their outcomes
Appeal type	Outcomes	Published	Allowed share	All appellants
Deportation: non-resident	1 allowed, 5 dismissed	6	Allowed 17% of 6	All appellants 37%
Residence: skilled migrant	3 dismissed	3	Under 5 decided	All appellants 48%
Residence: parent	1 allowed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 38%
Deportation: under the 1987 Act	1 dismissed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 21%
All types	2 allowed, 9 dismissed	11	Allowed 18% of 11

A percentage shows only where 5 or more appeals were decided. An appeal outcome says as much about the case and which cases are taken on as about the representation.

Appeals by type

11 published appeals

Allowed 2Other 0Dismissed 9

Published appeals by appeal type, with their outcomes
Appeal type	Outcomes	Published	Allowed share	All appellants
Deportation: non-resident	1 allowed, 5 dismissed	6	Allowed 17% of 6	All appellants 37%
Residence: skilled migrant	3 dismissed	3	Under 5 decided	All appellants 48%
Residence: parent	1 allowed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 38%
Deportation: under the 1987 Act	1 dismissed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 21%
All types	2 allowed, 9 dismissed	11	Allowed 18% of 11

Allowed share is allowed appeals out of those decided either way, shown only at 5 or more decided. All appellants is the same share across every published decision of that type. See appeal success rates in New Zealand.

Published decisions

Newest first

Decision	Appeal type	Date	Outcome
[2016] NZIPT 203085eResidence: parent, February 2016	Residence: parent	29 February 2016	Allowed
[2015] NZIPT 502378Deportation: non-resident, November 2015	Deportation: non-resident	13 November 2015	Allowed
[2015] NZIPT 502284Deportation: non-resident, July 2015	Deportation: non-resident	30 July 2015	Dismissed/declined
[2015] NZIPT 502117Deportation: non-resident, April 2015	Deportation: non-resident	29 April 2015	Dismissed/declined
[2014] NZIPT 201970aResidence: skilled migrant, September 2014	Residence: skilled migrant	18 September 2014	Dismissed/declined
[2014] NZIPT 501219Deportation: non-resident, May 2014	Deportation: non-resident	12 May 2014	Dismissed/declined
[2014] NZIPT 501695Deportation: non-resident, March 2014	Deportation: non-resident	28 March 2014	Dismissed/declined
[2014] NZIPT 501135Deportation: non-resident, February 2014	Deportation: non-resident	24 February 2014	Dismissed/declined
[2011] NZIPT 200230aResidence: skilled migrant, June 2011	Residence: skilled migrant	30 June 2011	Dismissed/declined
[2011] NZIPT 200272aResidence: skilled migrant, March 2011	Residence: skilled migrant	21 March 2011	Dismissed/declined
[2009] NZIPT 47008Deportation: under the 1987 Act, May 2009	Deportation: under the 1987 Act	28 May 2009	Dismissed/declined

Decisions name the representative by initial and surname only, so a decision is listed only where that name points to this immigration adviser with certainty; this record may be incomplete.

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Viveg Lingam Mudaliar (Viveg)

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