[2025] NZIACDT 37 — ZH v Ma (Tzu-Tong Jane Ma)

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal · decided 23 July 2025 · adviser: Tzu-Tong Jane Ma

The tribunal's published summary

Sanctions / dishonesty, provision of false information and documents, failure to have services agreement and undisclosed conflict of interest / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s19, s50, s51 / wrongdoing amongst most serious, comprising 12 heads of complaint, particularly given deceitful misleading of INZ / numerous fundamental breaches of the Code / adviser’s reference to medical condition lacks evidential basis, and has no material connection to wrongdoing and appropriate sanctions / wrongdoing aggravated by extensive disciplinary history involving 63 heads of complaint across six separate complaints / licence recently cancelled in separate proceedings, current complaint would otherwise justify cancellation / gravity of misconduct and extensive disciplinary history requires further order preventing adviser from reapplying for licence for two years / adviser censured / ordered to pay financial penalty of $5,000, reduced to reflect totality of financial sanctions

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