Immigration advisers in Invercargill
There are 8 licensed immigration advisers based in the Invercargill area, working across 6 businesses. Every listing below comes from the official IAA register, refreshed October 2026, and is ordered by licence tenure — the longest-licensed immigration advisers first. How this ordering works.
Invercargill immigration advisers in figures
Years licensed
8.0 years on average
| 0 to 4 years | 1 |
|---|---|
| 5 to 9 years | 5 |
| 10 to 14 years | 1 |
| 15 years or more | 1 |
25% of the 8 immigration advisers based in Invercargill have held a licence for 10 years or more. Their average is 8.0 years, against 7.2 across New Zealand.
Licence classes
75% hold a full licence
| Full licence | 6 |
|---|---|
| Provisional licence | 2 |
| Limited licence | 0 |
6 of the 8 hold a full licence, 2 a provisional licence and 0 a limited licence. A current full licence means the immigration adviser can handle any immigration matter; provisional licence holders work under supervision.
Year first licensed
1 first licensed since 2022
| 2017 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2026, so far | 0 |
1 of the 8 immigration advisers based in Invercargill today were first licensed in 2022 or later. The chart counts people who hold a licence now, so an earlier year shows those who have stayed licensed, not every licence issued that year.
Business size
83% have one immigration adviser
| One immigration adviser | 5 |
|---|---|
| Two immigration advisers | 0 |
| 3 to 5 immigration advisers | 1 |
| 6 or more immigration advisers | 0 |
The 8 immigration advisers work across 6 businesses based in Invercargill. 5 of those businesses have a single immigration adviser here, and 0 have six or more.
Tribunal appeals
2 named in published decisions
| No matched published decisions | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 to 4 appeals | 2 |
| 5 to 19 appeals | 0 |
| 20 appeals or more | 0 |
2 of the 8 immigration advisers based in Invercargill are named as representative in at least one published Immigration and Protection Tribunal decision, 2 appeals in all. Most representation never reaches the tribunal, so an immigration adviser with no matched published decisions may still have acted on appeals.
Invercargill immigration advisers by list
- Patricia Mary Reynders (Trish)Chile Force LimitedFull licence17 years
- Nicole Tertia Hughes (Niki)Chile Force LimitedFull licence14 years
- Amy Brooke Heenan (Amy)Chile Force LimitedFull licence8 years
- Vinay Sood (Vinay)Immigration Law Advice NZ LimitedFull licence8 years
- Virginia YazokieVirginia Yazokie - Claire ImmigrationProvisional licence6 years
- GC Angelo Posadas Dumlao (GC Angelo Dumlao)Dumlao Immigration LimitedFull licence5 years
- Ziqi Shi (Sam)Ideal Future LimitedFull licence5 years
- Ma Reyza Padal Dumlao (Reyza Dumlao)Dumlao Immigration Advice LimitedProvisional licence1 year
Showing 8 of 8 longest-licensed immigration advisers
Published appeal record of Invercargill immigration advisers
2 published appeals name immigration advisers based in Invercargill, across 2 of the 8 listed here, most recently 30 May 2024. “Allowed” is the appellant’s share of decided appeals; a percentage is shown only where at least 5 were decided.
| Appeal type | Appeals | Allowed | Dismissed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deportation1 appeal | |||
| Non-resident | 1 | 0 of 1 decided | 1 |
| Residence1 appeal | |||
| 2021 Resident Visa | 1 | 0 of 1 decided | 1 |
Counts come from decisions the tribunal has published and that name a representative we can identify with certainty. Appeals settled, withdrawn or resolved before a decision do not appear, so this is a record of published outcomes rather than of everything a practitioner has done. How matching works is set out in the methodology.
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