[2026] NZIACDT 51, DD v Registrar of Immigration Advisers

“Appeal against Registrar rejecting complaint / complaint advisers misled appellant about ability to work after entering New Zealand on guardian visa accompanying daughter on student visa / appellant said advisers failed to explain limitations, costs, risks and process of transitioning to a work visa and did not properly consider her financial need to work / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s44, s45, s54 / HELD / evidence showed appellant proposed and agreed to student and guardian visa pathway knowing guardian visa did not permit employment / advisers repeatedly advised that employment would require either a variation of conditions for part-time work or a different visa pathway / appellant did not inform advisers that full-time employment was essential to support her family / isolated email suggesting possible part-time work did not amount to misleading advice when read in context of broader communications / no evidence of incompetence, misleading conduct or breach of Code disclosed by complaint / appeal rejected”