[2026] NZIACDT 25, ID v Yu (Qian Yu)

“Sanctions / adviser dishonestly concealed failure to lodge residence visa application and fabricated existence of ‘missing’ interim visa / inaction resulted in complainant’s immigration status becoming unlawful / 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, cl26e / adviser found to be dishonest and in breach of 16 professional standards / medium to high gravity of wrongdoing / adviser’s failure to lodge resident visa application significantly impacted complainant / misconduct aggravated by poor disciplinary record / Tribunal recently upheld seven complaints, with dishonesty involved in six complaints / further order preventing reapplication of licence proportional to adviser’s wrongdoing / adviser censured and fined $3,000 (reduced from $8,000 to reflect totality of parallel proceedings) / adviser ordered to pay complainant $8,160 in compensation”