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Immigration advisers in Christchurch

There are 133 licensed immigration advisers based in the Christchurch area, working across 107 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.

Christchurch immigration advisers in figures

Years licensed

6.6 years on average

Immigration advisers based in Christchurch, by years licensed
Immigration advisers based in Christchurch, by years licensed
0 to 4 years52
5 to 9 years48
10 to 14 years23
15 years or more10

25% of the 133 immigration advisers based in Christchurch have held a licence for 10 years or more. Their average is 6.6 years, against 7.2 across New Zealand.

Licence classes

74% hold a full licence

Immigration advisers based in Christchurch, by licence class
Immigration advisers based in Christchurch, by licence class
Full licence99
Provisional licence34
Limited licence0

99 of the 133 hold a full licence, 34 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

52 first licensed since 2022

Immigration advisers based in Christchurch today, by the year they were first licensed
Immigration advisers based in Christchurch today, by the year they were first licensed
201712
20186
201912
202010
20218
20228
20238
202415
202512
2026, so far9

52 of the 133 immigration advisers based in Christchurch 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

86% have one immigration adviser

Businesses in Christchurch, by immigration advisers based here
Businesses in Christchurch, by immigration advisers based here
One immigration adviser92
Two immigration advisers10
3 to 5 immigration advisers4
6 or more immigration advisers1

The 133 immigration advisers work across 107 businesses based in Christchurch. 92 of those businesses have a single immigration adviser here, and 1 have six or more.

Tribunal appeals

28 named in published decisions

Immigration advisers based in Christchurch, by published appeals naming them
Immigration advisers based in Christchurch, by published appeals naming them
No matched published decisions105
1 to 4 appeals22
5 to 19 appeals4
20 appeals or more2

28 of the 133 immigration advisers based in Christchurch are named as representative in at least one published Immigration and Protection Tribunal decision, 139 appeals in all. Most representation never reaches the tribunal, so an immigration adviser with no matched published decisions may still have acted on appeals.

Christchurch immigration advisers by list

Showing 50 of 133 longest-licensed immigration advisers

Published appeal record of Christchurch immigration advisers

139 published appeals name immigration advisers based in Christchurch, across 28 of the 133 listed here, most recently 14 July 2026. “Allowed” is the appellant’s share of decided appeals; a percentage is shown only where at least 5 were decided.

Appeal typeAppealsAllowedDismissed
Residence113 appeals
Skilled migrant7255% 39 of 71 decided32
Partnership1627% 4 of 15 decided11
Dependent child838% 3 of 8 decided5
Special policies757% 4 of 7 decided3
Parent540% 2 of 5 decided3
Permanent & returning resident22 of 2 decided0
Business investor11 of 1 decided0
2021 Resident Visa10 of 1 decided1
Business entrepreneur10 of 1 decided1
Deportation26 appeals
Non-resident2232% 7 of 22 decided15
Resident30 of 3 decided3
Under the 1987 Act10 of 1 decided1

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 133 immigration advisers with a current licence based in the Christchurch area, working across 107 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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