About Us

Mark Manhire, immigration lawyer holds a current practising certificate as a barrister and solicitor with the New Zealand Law Society and is a member of the Auckland District Law Society and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. As a qualified lawyer Mark Manhire is exempt from registration with the Immigration Advisors Authority.

In addition, Mark Manhire is also a member of the 2010 Auckland District Law Society Immigration and Refugee Committee. Mark enjoys meeting new clients from New Zealand and around the world and sharing his broad legal knowledge and professional experience which includes:

• Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand 1999
• Member of the New Zealand Law Society
• Member of the Auckland District Law Society
• Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia
• Member of the Criminal Bar Association of New Zealand
• Diploma in Litigation Skills 2001
• Past committee member of the Criminal Bar Association of New Zealand
• Past Criminal Law committee member of the Auckland District Law Society
• Co-presenter of the Immigration Act 2009 seminar Auckland District Law Society August 2010
• Active member of the 2009 and 2010 Immigration and Refugee Law Committee - Auckland District Law Society

New Zealand Immigration laws are constantly changing and can be very confusing. In addition to the Immigration Act 1987 and its associated Regulations, there are hundreds of pages of policy guidelines and instructions, Court judgments and Migration Review Tribunal, Refugee Review Tribunal and Administrative Appeals Tribunal decisions, all of which affect the way the law in New Zealand is interpreted and applied. We have the qualifications and expertise to advise you about your best options for migration to New Zealand.

In New Zealand, a person who charges for legal services must not only be suitably qualified, but must also hold a current practising certificate. These certificates must be renewed each year, subject to the on-going character requirements.Your confidentiality is assured when you are a client of an immigration lawyer. Every lawyer's clients are subject to "legal professional privilege", which essentially means that communications between a lawyer and client are confidential and privileged. You can also rest assured that when you instruct the services of a lawyer rules of professional conduct must be followed - peace of mind if you live overseas and have never had the opportunity to meet the person who will be looking after your immigration matters.

 

WARNING: FROM 4 MAY 2009 IMMIGRATION NEW ZEALAND WILL NOT ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM UNLICENSED ADVISORS. GIVING ANY FORM OF IMMIGRATION ADVICE WITHOUT A LICENCE FROM THE IMMIGRATION ADVISORS AUTHORITY WILL ATTRACT PENALTIES OF UP TO $100,000 AND UP TO 7 YEARS IMPRISONMENT. MANHIRE AND ASSOCIATES IS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST VULNERABLE MIGRANTS AT THIS TIME OF CHANGE.

CONTACT MANHIRE AND ASSOCIATES, IN CONFIDENCE, TO FIND OUT IF YOUR PRESENT ADVISOR IS LICENCED OR NOT. IF YOUR PRESENT ADVISOR IS NOT LICENCED, WE WILL GIVE YOU FREE ADVICE ON THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF.

You can recognise a licensed immigration adviser by this trademark:

A further reason to use Mark Manhire Immigration Lawyer is our extensive general legal experience. Immigration matters can often have implications for rights and responsibilities in other areas of law. Manhire and Associates can also represent you in other areas such as employment law, criminal law and drink drive law. We can also prepare a limited licence for you! Non-lawyer agents are unlikely to be aware of many of these associated issues. Even if we do not have the specific expertise to advise in these areas, we have numerous legal contacts to whom we would be happy to refer you.

Remember that sometimes the best advice is not the advice you want to hear. We will never advise you to proceed with an application that we know will be unsuccessful.