How many immigration lawyers are listed at Ryken and Associates?

This directory names 1 immigration lawyer at Ryken and Associates.

Where is Ryken and Associates?

This directory lists Ryken and Associates in Auckland. Its Auckland office is at 135 Broadway, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand.

Does Ryken and Associates practise only immigration law?

This directory records Ryken and Associates as an immigration-focused law firm.

Have immigration lawyers at Ryken and Associates been named in published disciplinary decisions?

No matched published decisions. No published findings of the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal, the Legal Complaints Review Officer or a Law Society standards committee were matched to the immigration lawyers named at Ryken and Associates.

Have immigration lawyers at Ryken and Associates appeared at the Immigration and Protection Tribunal?

Published Immigration and Protection Tribunal decisions name the immigration lawyers at Ryken and Associates as counsel in 101 appeals between them.

Ryken and Associates

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Law firm

Auckland
1 immigration lawyer named in this directory
Earliest admission among them 1989
101 published IPT appeals across its immigration lawyers

Verified as practising New Zealand lawyers. Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 1989. New Zealand lawyers with a current practising certificate are exempt from immigration adviser licensing and are regulated by the New Zealand Law Society.

Immigration and Protection Tribunal record

101 published appeals

Allowed 67Other 5Dismissed 29

Published appeals by appeal type, with their outcomes
Appeal type	Outcomes	Published	Allowed share	All appellants
Refugee & protection	22 allowed, 16 dismissed, 2 other	40	Allowed 58% of 38	All appellants 21%
Deportation: non-resident	11 allowed, 2 dismissed, 1 other	14	Allowed 85% of 13	All appellants 37%
Residence: skilled migrant	10 allowed, 4 dismissed	14	Allowed 71% of 14	All appellants 48%
Deportation: resident	7 allowed, 4 dismissed	11	Allowed 64% of 11	All appellants 35%
Residence: parent	4 allowed, 1 dismissed	5	Allowed 80% of 5	All appellants 38%
Residence: partnership	3 allowed, 1 dismissed, 1 other	5	Under 5 decided	All appellants 54%
Residence: business entrepreneur	3 allowed	3	Under 5 decided	All appellants 43%
Residence: business investor	2 allowed, 1 dismissed	3	Under 5 decided	All appellants 48%
Residence: sibling & adult child	2 allowed	2	Under 5 decided	All appellants 46%
Residence: category not stated	1 allowed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 55%
Residence: permanent & returning resident	1 other	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 42%
Residence: from work & Green List	1 allowed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 60%
Residence: dependent child	1 allowed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 57%
All types	67 allowed, 29 dismissed, 5 other	101	Allowed 70% of 96

The sum of the published appeals naming each of the immigration lawyers named at this firm as counsel: a record of its people, not a rating of the firm. A percentage shows only where 5 or more appeals were decided.

Appeals by person

Name	Published	Allowed	Dismissed	Other	Allowed share
David Ryken	101	67	29	5	70% of 96

Each appeal is counted under the person the decision names. Allowed share is allowed appeals out of those decided either way, shown only at 5 or more decided. Each person's profile lists their decisions.

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