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Yunxiang Chen (Kelly Chen)

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Current licenceFull licence

Licensed since 2015: 11 years
Published IPT appeals: 0
Licence type: Full
Licence number: 201500625

About this licence

Yunxiang Chen holds a current full licence from the Immigration Advisers Authority, first issued in 2015. The register places them at Chibili Limited in Christchurch.

Licence number: 201500625
Licence type: Full
First licensed: 2015
Last issued: 18 May 2026
Expires: 17 May 2027
Role: Self employed

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 2015, alongside 109 others from that year still licensed today. About 69% 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 12 filings for this licence between 18 May 2015 and 6 April 2026.

Immigration and Protection Tribunal record

No published tribunal decisions were matched to Yunxiang Chen. 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 Yunxiang Chen. 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, .

Supervision

The register has recorded Yunxiang Chen as a supervising immigration adviser before.

Yunxiang Chen has been the appointed supervisor on earlier provisional licences, most recently on an appointment dated 7 September 2017.

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

12 filings on the register

Full licence issued - Renewal6 April 2026
Full licence issued - Renewal7 April 2025
Full licence - Renewal18 May 2024
Full licence - Renewal18 May 2023
Full licence - Renewal18 May 2022
Full licence - Renewal18 May 2021
Full licence - Renewal18 May 2020
Full licence - Renewal18 May 2019
Full licence - Renewal18 May 2018
Full licence - Renewal18 May 2017
Full licence - Renewal18 May 2016
Full licence - Initial application18 May 2015

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Frequently asked questions

As at the Immigration Advisers Authority register refresh in October 2026, the register records Yunxiang Chen as holding a current full licence, number 201500625, which expires on 17 May 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 Yunxiang Chen at Chibili 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 Yunxiang Chen; a decision is linked to a profile only once the decision itself confirms which immigration adviser it concerns.

The register records Yunxiang Chen as first licensed in 2015.

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