[2019] NZIACDT 70 — FBN v Broadway (Victoria Adele Broadway)

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal · decided 7 October 2019 · adviser: Victoria Adele Broadway

The tribunal's published summary

Breach of professional obligations and Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 / dishonest or misleading conduct / renewal of work visa / adviser entered services agreement with employer not client / adviser misunderstood who client was / client’s file selected for review by Immigration Advisers Authority / adviser tried to get client to sign agreement but client did not do so / adviser inserted client’s undated signature onto client agreement and then signed agreement herself / adviser backdated own signature / Code of Conduct 2014, cl18a / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s442 / adviser failed to enter written agreement with client / no defence that adviser misunderstood who client was / not dishonest or misleading to obtain signature after services performed but presentation of agreement to Authority was dishonest or misleading / complaint upheld.

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