About Us:
Meet Our Team Of Licensed Immigration Advisers
About VisaAide
VisaAide has been helping people with visas and immigration since 2013.
We’re a team of licensed immigration advisers, providing professional advice and application management services to employers and individuals.
Our immigration advisers can help you with both NZ visas and Australian visas. Working with New Zealand companies who wish to employ migrants with sought-after skills is our speciality.
Working with our partners at People Inc means we can help your organisation with NZ Employer Accreditation to recruit skilled migrants from overseas – and provide visa advice and assistance.
VisaAide is part of People Inc
People Inc is your one-stop shop for all your people needs; we can help you with recruitment, HR, and visas – including recruiting skilled migrants from overseas and Employer Accreditation.
Fewer employee headaches and a greater focus on productivity
EMS Hub is a one stop shop for all your HR software needs
VisaAide is your NZ & Australian immigration service
RecruitNZ takes the pain out of recruitment
Our values
We’re passionate about what we do, and getting great results for our clients. This is what we stand for across the People Inc group of businesses:
- We care about both our clients and candidates
- We collaborate with clients and partners
- We inspire each other and our clients
- We are solution focused
- We are agile in providing practical solutions
- We are disciplined
Meet the VisaAide team
Meet our experienced team of licenced immigration advisers:
NZ LIA 201301155
MARN 1791819
Cameron Gray
DIRECTOR - LICENSED NZ IMMIGRATION
ADVISER AND AUSTRALIAN REGISTERED
MIGRATION AGENT
Cameron Gray has years of experience in the area of Immigration & Visas. He is an ex-Australian Immigration Officer and
worked at the Australian Consulate General in Auckland for over 10 years.
Cameron is an Australian Registered Migration Agent. He is also a New Zealand Licensed Immigration Adviser & holds a Graduate Certificate Level 7 in Immigration Advice.
Joanna Caraig
IMMIGRATION & INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT TEAM LEADER
Joanna has over 10 years of experience in immigration as an Immigration Manager at Immigration New Zealand
She has extensive knowledge in policies and procedures in migrant recruitment. With her experience in immigration and global mobility, she has acquired useful skills in strategic leadership, and management of customer service delivery and process improvement.
Provisional License
NZ LIA 202200812
Karen Baigent
LICENSED NZ IMMIGRATION ADVISER
Karen recently and proudly completed her Graduate Diploma in New Zealand Immigration Advice and is based in Nelson
Karen has a significant background in recruitment supporting specialised migrants from around the world. She has a history of assisting candidates and employers achieve their goals.
Provisional License
NZ LIA 202400185
Yazmin Ng
LICENSED NZ IMMIGRATION ADVISER
Yazmin holds a Bachelor of Global Studies with a focus on human rights and politics from the University of Auckland
She earned her Graduate Diploma in New Zealand Immigration Advice in 2023.
Yazmin is dedicated to applying her expertise to address complex global issues within the evolving immigration industry. With a passion for facilitating ethical immigration processes, she brings a blend of academic knowledge and practical skills to her role.
Sylvia Rigamoto
AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION CONSULTANT (OFFSHORE)
Sylvia Rigamoto brings valuable experience in the area of Australian visas having worked at the Australian High Commission in
Sylvia currently assists VisaAide clients with Australian visas that range from subclasses 771, 600, 400, 461 and 309/100.
Should you require help or guidance with getting visas for Australia, Sylvia is the person to talk to.
Lesley Burke
OPERATIONS CO-ORDINATOR
Lesley is originally from the UK. Having been through the immigration process herself she has real empathy for our clients. Having had many years of experience in administration
Lesley is responsible for keeping the VisaAide team running.
Xiao Ping
ADMINISTRATOR
Xiao Ping was an immigration officer and worked for the Australian immigration at the Australian Consulate General in Auckland for over 18 years and 6 years at the Australian Consulate General in
Guangzhou, China. She is fluent in English , Mandarin and Cantonese.
Xiao Ping currently assists with VisaAide team as an administrator and also helps with other immigration issues.
Tanya Gray
DIRECTOR, PEOPLE INC
Tanya Gray is a Director of People Inc group which includes RecruitNZ and ConsultingHQ, and provides services to VisaAide clients in the specialised areas of recruitment
Tanya is a member of the Institute of Directors, she has a BA, a Certificate In Small Business Management and Money Management and has taught Small Business Management to entrepreneurs. Tanya is accredited in Career Development and Psychometric profiling and is completing her Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources.
Being part of the team and understanding where the business has been, where it is now and where it is heading is crucial for the HR strategy we implement, as is having great relationships with all of the members of her clients’ businesses.
Working as an HR partner is incredibly rewarding, we get to play an integral role in these businesses assisting to achieve growth targets and identifying and improving efficiencies. Managing people is a complex task at the best of times and coaching our clients on how to best approach situations and seeing results is wonderful!
There are no two days the same in what we do which is what I love! member of the Institute of Directors, she has a BA, a Certificate
Emily Brouwer
MARKETING MANAGER
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