[2026] NZIACDT 23, RZ v Yu (Qian Yu)

“Sanctions / adviser dishonestly concealed failure to reply to INZ’s requests for information in response to work visa variation application / forged complainant’s signature in subsequent application / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s3, s50, s51 / Code of Conduct 2014, cl1, cl2e, cl8a, cl8c, cl13a, cl13c, cl14, cl15a, cl17a, cl17b, cl17c, cl18b, cl19c, cl19m, cl19n, cl24a, cl24c, cl26b, cl26e / dishonesty and breach of 19 professional standards / gravity of misconduct at upper end of serious, notable forging of complainant’s signature / seven separate complaints upheld against adviser, six involving dishonesty / adviser's belated contention that she did not intend to mislead complainant or conceal information dismissed / insincere acceptance of seriousness of disciplinary findings / further order preventing reapplication of licence proportional to adviser’s wrongdoing / adviser censured and fined $4,000 (reduced from $8,000 to reflect totality of parallel proceedings)”