Mount Eden
Kōwhai Visa Co
Liang Chen — Licensed Immigration Adviser, IAA #201500082
Skilled Migrant Category points-pre-checks done before anyone pays NZQA.
- Years licensed
- 11 years
- Annual case-load
- 80 files
- Fee approach
- Hybrid (fixed + hourly)
- Fee tier
- $$ · Mid-band
- From
- $1.8k NZD
- Languages
- English, Mandarin, Cantonese
About the practice
Liang has been licensed since 2015 and runs a points-pre-check service that other advisers refer into. He'll model your SMC points across qualification, occupation, registration and partner-support paths and tell you which ones are worth chasing — frequently the answer is to delay 6 months and consolidate experience first. Pure SMC and Green List residence; he doesn't do partner or student work.
Typical case-load
Mid-career Chinese-, Indian- and Vietnamese-trained professionals
Visa pathways Liang handles
These are the pathways the practice runs as primary specialism. Other categories may be referred on to a colleague rather than worked in-house.
- Skilled Migrant Category (SMC)
Points-based residence for skilled migrants — the main residence pathway.
Pro fees $3.5k–$8k · INZ $5,610
- Work-to-Residence (Green List & Sector Agreements) (Green List / WTR)
Fast-tracked residence for in-demand occupations on INZ's Green List.
Pro fees $2.5k–$6k · INZ $4,290