[2026] NZIACDT 15 — XI v Shi & Sun

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal · decided 6 March 2026

The tribunal's published summary

Sanctions / adviser found liable for four breaches of professional standards, including rubber stamping and charging excessive fees / supervisor found liable for one breach for failure to exercise due care and diligence in allowing extravagant fee / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s3, s50, s51 / Code of Conduct 2014, cl1, cl2e, cl12c, cl17b, cl17c, cl18b, cl20a / direct engagement a fundamental obligation of advisers / excessive fee was approximately twice the upper end of market rate / adviser’s gravity of wrongdoing moderate / supervisor’s gravity of wrongdoing regarding excessive fee at upper end of low / neither adviser nor supervisor acknowledged wrongdoing, nor offered apology or indicated remorse / no evidence of improved practices / adviser gave untruthful evidence at hearing / first disciplinary findings / adviser was inexperienced and provisionally licensed / adviser censured, required to undergo training, and fined $4,000 / supervisor cautioned and fined $1,500

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