[2019] NZIACDT 2 — E v D

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal · decided 30 January 2019

The tribunal's published summary

Negligence / failure to assess whether business aligned with approved business plan & requirement to benefit New Zealand / failure to ensure agreement signed / application for long-term business visa / clients bought lodge after failed sale of motel / business plan based on motel / visa declined because lodge did not meet relevant criteria / complaint adviser made application with no hope of success / adviser claimed immigration advice based on purchase of motel not lodge / adviser unwell & unable to represent himself / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s442 / Code of Conduct 2014, cl1, cl8 / adviser not unfit to plead / complainant absent from process & failed to produce evidence requested by tribunal / tribunal unable to make definitive finding that advice not sought on suitability of lodge / agreement not signed but no utility to upholding complaint / adviser’s licence expired & unlikely to renew / complaint dismissed.

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This page reproduces the tribunal's own published summary as a fair report of public tribunal proceedings; the linked decision is the authoritative record. A decision is not itself a finding of wrongdoing — some complaints are dismissed. Complainants are anonymised by the tribunal. Complaints about advisers go to the Immigration Advisers Authority.