Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Chair
Pooja Sundar, Partner, Dalley Sundar
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
INZ the Investigator
- INZ’s investigative function
- Types of investigations
- Alleged breach of visa conditions
- False or misleading information
- Employer exploitation
- Investigation outcomes and what next?
- Subsequent visa applications and the need for consistency
Presented by Austin Lange, Associate, Young Hunter Lawyers
Learning Objectives:
- Understand INZ’s investigative functions, including processes for addressing breaches, false information, and employer exploitation
- Learn how investigation outcomes impact future visa applications and strategies for ensuring consistency in responses
Presenters
Pooja Sundar, Partner, Dalley SundarPooja is an enthusiastic and friendly lawyer who enjoys getting to know her clients and advocating them. Pooja holds a Master of Law (Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Auckland. She is a legal aid registered lawyer, with experience in advising in all aspects of immigration law, including visas, residence appeals, and refugee and protection claims. Pooja has significant experience in the Family Court. Pooja’s passion for legal representation is coupled with a deep interest in human rights legislature, international criminal law, and refugee case law. She has successfully been involved in many cases involving complex issues across domestic and international spheres. Pooja also advocates for victims of domestic violence in the immigration and family law fields.
Austin Lange, Senior Associate, Young Hunter Lawyer
Austin is a Senior Associate in Young Hunter’s litigation and dispute resolution team. He specialises in immigration litigation, with a focus on refugee, deportation, and criminal matters. Austin frequently appears before the Immigration and Protection Tribunal, District Court, and High Court in immigration and criminal cases. He appeared as counsel in the Supreme Court in Bolea v R, the leading case on immigration consequences in discharge without conviction applications which resulted in legislative amendment. Outside the firm, Austin volunteers with Community Law Canterbury, runs immigration clinics with the Citizens Advice Bureau, and lectures at UC on refugee and deportation law.
