[2019] NZIACDT 43 — Khan (Appeal)

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal · decided 24 June 2019

The tribunal's published summary

Appeal against registrar’s decision not to pursue complaint / application for entrepreneur work visa / appellant paid adviser to assist cousin with application / business plan not completed / refusal to refund fees / fabrication of emails and service agreement / registrar found business plan not provided because cousin did not respond to requests for further information / adviser found to have undertaken a reasonable amount of work / no evidence of fabrication / Code of Conduct 2014, cl1 / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s442, s451, s54 / no evidence of impropriety by adviser / adviser understood on reasonable grounds that cousin was his client / cousin made no complaint against adviser / evidence did not disclose any wrongdoing / appeal rejected.

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