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Immigration advisers in Palmerston North

There are 17 licensed immigration advisers based in the Palmerston North area, working across 17 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.

Palmerston North immigration advisers in figures

Years licensed

7.6 years on average

Immigration advisers based in Palmerston North, by years licensed
Immigration advisers based in Palmerston North, by years licensed
0 to 4 years7
5 to 9 years3
10 to 14 years5
15 years or more2

41% of the 17 immigration advisers based in Palmerston North have held a licence for 10 years or more. Their average is 7.6 years, against 7.2 across New Zealand.

Licence classes

71% hold a full licence

Immigration advisers based in Palmerston North, by licence class
Immigration advisers based in Palmerston North, by licence class
Full licence12
Provisional licence5
Limited licence0

12 of the 17 hold a full licence, 5 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

7 first licensed since 2022

Immigration advisers based in Palmerston North today, by the year they were first licensed
Immigration advisers based in Palmerston North today, by the year they were first licensed
20171
20180
20191
20201
20210
20221
20232
20241
20253
2026, so far0

7 of the 17 immigration advisers based in Palmerston North 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

100% have one immigration adviser

Businesses in Palmerston North, by immigration advisers based here
Businesses in Palmerston North, by immigration advisers based here
One immigration adviser17
Two immigration advisers0
3 to 5 immigration advisers0
6 or more immigration advisers0

The 17 immigration advisers work across 17 businesses based in Palmerston North. 17 of those businesses have a single immigration adviser here, and 0 have six or more.

Tribunal appeals

4 named in published decisions

Immigration advisers based in Palmerston North, by published appeals naming them
Immigration advisers based in Palmerston North, by published appeals naming them
No matched published decisions13
1 to 4 appeals3
5 to 19 appeals1
20 appeals or more0

4 of the 17 immigration advisers based in Palmerston North are named as representative in at least one published Immigration and Protection Tribunal decision, 16 appeals in all. Most representation never reaches the tribunal, so an immigration adviser with no matched published decisions may still have acted on appeals.

Palmerston North immigration advisers by list

Showing 17 of 17 longest-licensed immigration advisers

Published appeal record of Palmerston North immigration advisers

16 published appeals name immigration advisers based in Palmerston North, across 4 of the 17 listed here, most recently 29 August 2024. “Allowed” is the appellant’s share of decided appeals; a percentage is shown only where at least 5 were decided.

Appeal typeAppealsAllowedDismissed
Residence15 appeals
Skilled migrant743% 3 of 7 decided4
Partnership633% 2 of 6 decided4
Parent10 of 1 decided1
Dependent child11 of 1 decided0
Deportation1 appeal
Non-resident11 of 1 decided0

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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Immigration appeal success rates in New ZealandAlmost half of decided residence appeals to New Zealand's Immigration and Protection Tribunal succeed: 49% of 8,121 decided residence appeals in the tribunal's published decisions were allowed, sent back to Immigration New Zealand for reassessment, or ended in a grant of residence. Deportation and refugee appeals succeed far less often: 37% of decided non-resident deportation appeals and 21% of decided refugee and protection appeals were allowed. Every figure on this page is computed from the 20,793 decisions the tribunal and its predecessor boards have published, and updates as new decisions appear.Read more

Frequently asked questions

As at October 2026 there are 17 immigration advisers with a current licence based in the Palmerston North area, working across 17 businesses. The count comes from the official IAA register, which this directory re-checks every month.

Verify the licence first: every listing here shows the immigration adviser's licence number, licence type and how long they have been licensed. Then compare experience with your visa type, and confirm fees in writing before engaging. A current full licence means the immigration adviser can handle any immigration matter; provisional licence holders work under supervision.

Yes. New Zealand lawyers with a current practising certificate are exempt from immigration adviser licensing and can also give immigration advice. What matters is that whoever advises you is either licensed or exempt; anyone else giving immigration advice is acting unlawfully.

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