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Immigration advisers in Auckland

There are 823 licensed immigration advisers based in the Auckland area, working across 651 businesses. Every listing below comes from the official IAA register, refreshed October 2026, and is ordered by licence tenure — the longest-licensed immigration advisers first. How this ordering works.

Auckland immigration advisers in figures

Years licensed

8.0 years on average

Immigration advisers based in Auckland, by years licensed
Immigration advisers based in Auckland, by years licensed
0 to 4 years270
5 to 9 years215
10 to 14 years204
15 years or more134

41% of the 823 immigration advisers based in Auckland have held a licence for 10 years or more. Their average is 8.0 years, against 7.2 across New Zealand.

Licence classes

78% hold a full licence

Immigration advisers based in Auckland, by licence class
Immigration advisers based in Auckland, by licence class
Full licence645
Provisional licence178
Limited licence0

645 of the 823 hold a full licence, 178 a provisional licence and 0 a limited licence. A current full licence means the immigration adviser can handle any immigration matter; provisional licence holders work under supervision.

Year first licensed

270 first licensed since 2022

Immigration advisers based in Auckland today, by the year they were first licensed
Immigration advisers based in Auckland today, by the year they were first licensed
201744
201842
201945
202038
202146
202231
202346
202466
202577
2026, so far50

270 of the 823 immigration advisers based in Auckland today were first licensed in 2022 or later. The chart counts people who hold a licence now, so an earlier year shows those who have stayed licensed, not every licence issued that year.

Business size

87% have one immigration adviser

Businesses in Auckland, by immigration advisers based here
Businesses in Auckland, by immigration advisers based here
One immigration adviser567
Two immigration advisers52
3 to 5 immigration advisers30
6 or more immigration advisers2

The 823 immigration advisers work across 651 businesses based in Auckland. 567 of those businesses have a single immigration adviser here, and 2 have six or more.

Tribunal appeals

176 named in published decisions

Immigration advisers based in Auckland, by published appeals naming them
Immigration advisers based in Auckland, by published appeals naming them
No matched published decisions647
1 to 4 appeals121
5 to 19 appeals44
20 appeals or more11

176 of the 823 immigration advisers based in Auckland are named as representative in at least one published Immigration and Protection Tribunal decision, 1,117 appeals in all. Most representation never reaches the tribunal, so an immigration adviser with no matched published decisions may still have acted on appeals.

Auckland immigration advisers by list

Showing 50 of 823 longest-licensed immigration advisers

Published appeal record of Auckland immigration advisers

1,117 published appeals name immigration advisers based in Auckland, across 176 of the 823 listed here, most recently 17 September 2026. “Allowed” is the appellant’s share of decided appeals; a percentage is shown only where at least 5 were decided.

Appeal typeAppealsAllowedDismissed
Residence793 appeals
Skilled migrant39847% 180 of 383 decided203
Partnership13966% 84 of 128 decided44
Parent5340% 21 of 53 decided32
Business entrepreneur3832% 12 of 37 decided25
Dependent child3855% 21 of 38 decided17
From work & Green List2956% 15 of 27 decided12
Sibling & adult child2638% 10 of 26 decided16
Business investor2524% 6 of 25 decided19
2021 Resident Visa1725% 4 of 16 decided12
Special policies1571% 10 of 14 decided4
Permanent & returning resident1462% 8 of 13 decided5
Category not stated10 of 1 decided1
Deportation306 appeals
Non-resident27337% 101 of 273 decided172
Under the 1987 Act2030% 6 of 20 decided14
Resident1225% 3 of 12 decided9
Type not stated11 of 1 decided0
Refugee & protection1829% 5 of 17 decided12

Counts come from decisions the tribunal has published and that name a representative we can identify with certainty. Appeals settled, withdrawn or resolved before a decision do not appear, so this is a record of published outcomes rather than of everything a practitioner has done. How matching works is set out in the methodology.

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Immigration appeal success rates in New ZealandAlmost half of decided residence appeals to New Zealand's Immigration and Protection Tribunal succeed: 49% of 8,121 decided residence appeals in the tribunal's published decisions were allowed, sent back to Immigration New Zealand for reassessment, or ended in a grant of residence. Deportation and refugee appeals succeed far less often: 37% of decided non-resident deportation appeals and 21% of decided refugee and protection appeals were allowed. Every figure on this page is computed from the 20,793 decisions the tribunal and its predecessor boards have published, and updates as new decisions appear.Read more

Frequently asked questions

As at October 2026 there are 823 immigration advisers with a current licence based in the Auckland area, working across 651 businesses. The count comes from the official IAA register, which this directory re-checks every month.

Verify the licence first: every listing here shows the immigration adviser's licence number, licence type and how long they have been licensed. Then compare experience with your visa type, and confirm fees in writing before engaging. A current full licence means the immigration adviser can handle any immigration matter; provisional licence holders work under supervision.

Yes. New Zealand lawyers with a current practising certificate are exempt from immigration adviser licensing and can also give immigration advice. What matters is that whoever advises you is either licensed or exempt; anyone else giving immigration advice is acting unlawfully.

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How immigration advisers are listed and ordered: methodology. See all immigration advisers in New Zealand.