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    <description>Reference notes on the IAA Code of Conduct, the Privacy Act 2020, immigration deadlines and running a New Zealand immigration practice.</description>
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    <copyright>2026 Clerq IP Limited</copyright>
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      <title>Can you use ChatGPT to draft immigration documents?</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Can NZ licensed immigration advisers use ChatGPT to draft documents? The Privacy Act duties that bite, the Code clauses engaged, and a defensible workflow.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes, with conditions. A licensed adviser may use AI to draft, but pasting a client’s identifying details into a consumer tool that trains on your inputs is hard to reconcile with IPP 5 of the Privacy Act 2020 and clause 4 of the Code. Use no-training tools, and review everything.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Clause 26: what your client file must contain</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A sub-clause guide to clause 26 of the IAA Code of Conduct: what belongs on every client file, what must be confirmed in writing, and how long to keep it.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Clause 26 of the Licensed Immigration Advisers Code of Conduct 2014 requires a hard copy and/or electronic file for each client containing six specified items, written confirmation of lodgement and of every material discussion, a well-managed filing system, and retention for no less than seven years from closing the file.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Every New Zealand immigration deadline, in one table</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A verified reference table of the deadlines that govern New Zealand immigration practice: reconsiderations, appeals, judicial review, certificates and AEWV.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[New Zealand immigration practice runs on a handful of statutory clocks. The four that matter most are 14 days to seek reconsideration of a declined onshore temporary visa, 28 days to appeal a deportation liability notice, 42 days to appeal a residence decline, and 28 days for judicial review.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>How long do you have to respond to a PPI letter?</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A PPI letter’s deadline is set case by case in the letter, not in law. What INZ’s own instructions say, how extensions work, and how to structure the reply.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There is no fixed statutory timeframe for responding to an INZ PPI letter: the response date is set by the immigration officer in the letter itself. Around two weeks is common in practice. Miss it and INZ may decide the application on the information it already holds.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>What happens when the IAA reviews your practice</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How the Immigration Advisers Authority reviews a New Zealand practice: section 57 inspections, the documents you must produce, and what the IACDT can order.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Immigration Advisers Authority can select any licensed immigration adviser for inspection under section 57 of the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, usually at renewal. You are notified up to two months before expiry, and the notice typically requires a client file of the Authority’s choosing plus your CPD record.]]></content:encoded>
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