How many immigration lawyers are listed at visalaw.nz (Somang You)?

This directory names 1 immigration lawyer at visalaw.nz (Somang You).

Where is visalaw.nz (Somang You)?

This directory lists visalaw.nz (Somang You) in Auckland. In Auckland it works mobile and online, with no office address listed.

Does visalaw.nz (Somang You) practise only immigration law?

This directory records visalaw.nz (Somang You) as an immigration-focused law firm.

Have immigration lawyers at visalaw.nz (Somang You) 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 visalaw.nz (Somang You).

Have immigration lawyers at visalaw.nz (Somang You) appeared at the Immigration and Protection Tribunal?

Published Immigration and Protection Tribunal decisions name the immigration lawyers at visalaw.nz (Somang You) as counsel in 39 appeals between them.

visalaw.nz (Somang You)

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1 immigration lawyer named in this directory
Earliest admission among them 2009
39 published IPT appeals across its immigration lawyers

Verified as practising New Zealand lawyers. Somang You created visalaw.nz while running his own private legal practice and has helped hundreds of people from around the world settle in New Zealand. 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

39 published appeals

Allowed 12Other 2Dismissed 25

Published appeals by appeal type, with their outcomes
Appeal type	Outcomes	Published	Allowed share	All appellants
Refugee & protection	2 allowed, 11 dismissed, 1 other	14	Allowed 15% of 13	All appellants 21%
Residence: skilled migrant	5 allowed, 1 dismissed, 1 other	7	Allowed 83% of 6	All appellants 48%
Deportation: non-resident	7 dismissed	7	Allowed 0% of 7	All appellants 37%
Residence: parent	2 dismissed	2	Under 5 decided	All appellants 38%
Residence: partnership	1 allowed, 1 dismissed	2	Under 5 decided	All appellants 54%
Residence: special policies	1 allowed, 1 dismissed	2	Under 5 decided	All appellants 68%
Deportation: resident	1 allowed, 1 dismissed	2	Under 5 decided	All appellants 35%
Residence: business investor	1 allowed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 48%
Deportation: type not stated	1 allowed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 83%
Deportation: under the 1987 Act	1 dismissed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 21%
All types	12 allowed, 25 dismissed, 2 other	39	Allowed 32% of 37

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
Somang You	39	12	25	2	32% of 37

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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