Its an excellent idea, but with one upcoming problem... NZ government are planning (and are in discussion already) to regulate the immigration industry. If and when this happens, anyone offering a specific service to directly help people with immigration applications will need to be registered. Of course, this registration wont be without its costs! If we did implement such a system, we would have to charge people to cover the cost of registration, plus all the relevant operations manuals and guides that also must be aquired.

Of course, it would be as low a cost as possible, but none the less it would have to be paid for. At the moment, voluntary registration costs several hundred NZ dollars so I would imagine that the compulsory system would be much the same.

On the same level, this compulsory registration will very likely drive up the cost of using agents as many already operating will not pursue this registration (namely the ones who offer a poor service level). So, on one hand it will be good if we can offer a cheap and precise service, compared to using an agency, but on the other hand, I dont know how many people would like to use such a service, and would leave me very much out of pocket!

Maybe it should be put to a vote!