[2025] NZIACDT 53 — LN v Rabuku (Rosi Rabuku)

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal · decided 14 October 2025 · adviser: Rosi Rabuku

The tribunal's published summary

Sanctions / adviser failed to respond to client’s text messages and was dilatory in filing visa application / visa application filed more than five months after ascertaining required information / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s442 / Code of Conduct 2014, cl1, cl22, cl24a, cl24b, cl24c, cl25a, cl25b, cl25e, cl25f, cl26a, cl26c, cl26d, cl26e, cl28a, cl28c / first appearance before Tribunal / adviser held provisional licence at time of wrongdoing / gravity of wrongdoing at high end of moderate level / unprofessional conduct aggravated by her failure to participate in the disciplinary process / breadth of wrongdoing and lack of participation in disciplinary process necessitate further professional training before return to profession / adviser censured / prevented from reapplying for licence prior to completion of professional development course / ordered to pay $5,000 financial penalty

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