Mahafrin Variava

Lawyer

7 published IPT appealsImmigration-only practice

Mahafrin Variava practises immigration law at McVeagh Fleming in Auckland (Associate, immigration), and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 2014.

Lawyers are not licensed immigration advisers, and do not need to be. Lawyers with a current New Zealand practising certificate are exempt from adviser licensing under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 and are regulated by the New Zealand Law Society. Verify Mahafrin Variava on the NZLS register entry.

Details

Role: Associate, immigration
Firm: McVeagh Fleming
Admitted: 20 June 2014
Years since admission: 12
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Regulator: New Zealand Law Society
Practice breadth: Immigration law only
Published IPT appeals: 7

Immigration and Protection Tribunal appeal record

7 published decisions of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal (and its predecessor boards) record Mahafrin Variava as counsel for the appellant. Success rates say as much about which cases a professional takes on as about their work — compare them with the all-appellant rate for the same appeal type, and read the decisions themselves.

Appeal type	Cases	Allowed	Dismissed	Other	Success rate	All appellants
Deportation: non-resident	6	4	2	0	67%(4 of 6)	37%
Residence: skilled migrant	1	1	0	0	1 of 1	48%

Outcomes by appeal typeAllowedOtherDismissed

[2026] NZIPT 507323Deportation: non-resident · 10 June 2026Allowed
[2025] NZIPT 506824Deportation: non-resident · 25 June 2025Dismissed/declined
[2025] NZIPT 506684Deportation: non-resident · 16 May 2025Allowed
[2025] NZIPT 506808Deportation: non-resident · 6 May 2025Allowed
[2021] NZIPT 505300Deportation: non-resident · 30 September 2021Allowed
[2020] NZIPT 205659eResidence: skilled migrant · 12 March 2020Allowed
[2017] NZIPT 503081Deportation: non-resident · 22 March 2017Dismissed/declined

This record may be incomplete. Tribunal decisions usually name the counselby initial and surname only — “J Bloggs” rather than a full name. Where that could point to more than one person on the register, we leave the decision out rather than risk crediting it to the wrong practitioner, so a practitioner may have appeared in more decisions than are shown here. If appearances of yours are missing, tell us on the corrections page and we will verify them against the published decisions and update the profile.

Compiled from decisions published on the Ministry of Justice tribunal decisions database. A decision is attributed only when the counsel named in it matches exactly one person on the relevant register (or the firm named in the decision confirms the match); self-represented appellants and uncertain matches are excluded, so this may undercount. Percentages are shown only where at least 5appeals in that category were decided — below that the counts are given on their own, because a single case would swing the figure. “Other” includes referrals to the Minister, withdrawn appeals and jurisdiction decisions. Context for the all-appellant rates: appeal success rates in New Zealand.

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