Immigration lawyers in New Plymouth
3 law firms practising immigration law have an office in the New Plymouth area. Each firm here is verified from its own website as practising lawyers, who are exempt from immigration adviser licensing; they are regulated by the New Zealand Law Society instead of the IAA.
- ABMM Legal (Auld Brewer Mazengarb & McEwen)Multi-practice firmwebsite
New Plymouth immigration team: Philip McCarthy (admitted 2004) , Kayleigh Duncan (admitted 2024)
New Plymouth immigration team: Deep Gill (admitted 2016)
- Govett QuilliamMulti-practice firmwebsite
Other NZ immigration law firms serving New Plymouth
- Lane NeaveChristchurch
- Pitt & Moore LawyersNelson
- AW LawAuckland
- D&S Law (Dalley Sundar)Auckland
- Laurent Law Barristers & SolicitorsAuckland
- Duncan CotterillChristchurch
- Fisher Foley Barristers and SolicitorsAuckland
- McSweeney Immigration LawAuckland
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Immigration representation in New Plymouth, by the numbers
From the Immigration Advisers Authority register, the New Zealand Law Society register and published Immigration and Protection Tribunal decisions. Figures refresh monthly.
- Immigration lawyers based here
- 3
- Law firms with an office here
- 3
- Licensed advisers based here
- 4
- Median years since admission
- 10
The longest-admitted immigration lawyer listed in New Plymouth was admitted to the bar in 2004.
Published appeal record of New Plymouth counsel
No published Immigration and Protection Tribunal decisions on this site name counsel based in New Plymouth. That does not mean none have acted on appeals — only that no decision we hold records it. Most representation never reaches the tribunal at all, and practitioners elsewhere in New Zealand act on New Plymouth matters routinely.
If you already know what has gone wrong
Guides to the situations people most often need representation for, with the deadlines that apply.
- Section 61 requests — getting a visa while unlawfully in New Zealand
When a visa has expired or was never granted, and what can still be done.
- Criminal convictions, character and your New Zealand visa
How convictions and character issues affect visas, and how waivers work.
- How people lose their New Zealand visas — real cases from the tribunal
PPI letters, responding to concerns, and your procedural rights.
Frequently asked questions
- Do I need an immigration lawyer in New Plymouth, or can a licensed adviser help?
- Both can represent you to Immigration New Zealand and at the Immigration and Protection Tribunal. You need a lawyer if your matter may go to court, or if it crosses into other areas of law such as employment or criminal matters affecting character. 3 immigration lawyers are based in New Plymouth, alongside 4 licensed immigration advisers.
This list is not exhaustive. Unlike the adviser directory, which covers everyone on the IAA register, there is no register of lawyers doing immigration work. This list is researched from public sources, so a lawyer in New Plymouth may be missing simply because their immigration practice is not identifiable from those sources. Absence here says nothing about a lawyer. Know one who should be listed? Tell us.
How firms are listed and ordered: methodology. See all immigration lawyers in New Zealand or compare licensed immigration advisers in New Plymouth.