[2019] NZIACDT 12, MZ v Sun (Jianya Sun)

“Rubber stamping / allowing unlicensed people to manage visa application process / long-term business visa / complainant client of Chinese migration company / adviser had no direct contact with client in accordance with Chinese law / entire relationship managed by company / business plan submitted to INZ not what complainant approved / whether company’s unlicensed staff performed immigration services / whether Chinese law qualifies adviser’s professional obligations / Code of Conduct 2014, cl1, cl2e, cl3c / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s442 / staff’s work not clerical work / unlikely staff did not provide immigration advice / staff undertook bulk of assistance & adviser allowed this / adviser misunderstood scope of clerical work but not what they were doing / in terms of obligations adviser’s client was complainant not company / Chinese law restrictions irrelevant to adviser’s obligations / complete abdication to personally engage with client / complaint upheld.”