[2019] NZIACDT 10 — Mhatre v Gokhale (Neha Gokhale)

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal · decided 22 February 2019 · adviser: Neha Gokhale

The tribunal's published summary

Sanctions decision / partnership based temporary visa application / adviser mistakenly lodged online application for another type of visa / paper application for correct visa type returned for being incomplete as missing supporting form signed by wife / adviser failed to provide written updates or keep written record / adviser had not kept copies of application on her file / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s50, s51 / adviser’s violation at lower end of scale / error in selecting visa type simple mistake & did not amount to violation of standards / compensation for losses not attributable to adviser’s breaches / adviser cautioned.

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