Guidance

Supervision of trainee immigration advisers: guidance note

Information from the Immigration Advice Authority on immigration advisers' supervision of employees.

• From: Immigration Advice Authority and Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
• Published: 8 July 2014
• Last updated: 6 June 2025 — See all updates

Documents

Practice note on supervision

PDF, 301 KB, 6 pages

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Application form to supervise trainee advisers

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Supervision logbook

MS Word Document, 42.1 KB

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Details

This guide covers the duties of supervision, restrictions and observations. It also includes a supervision checklist.

The application form is for Immigration Advice Authority-registered organisations applying to supervise trainee advisers.

The supervision log book is to be maintained as a record of the supervisor and supervisees’ discussions and file reviews.

Published 8 July 2014

Last updated 6 June 2025 — Show all updates

1. 6 June 2025

   Documents updated with IAA branding.

2. 20 May 2025

   2025 practice note on supervision updated.

3. 24 April 2017

   HTML now attached

4. 1 April 2016

   Guidance updated.

5. 28 July 2015

   Application form and log book added to guidance.

6. 1 December 2014

   Amended guidance.

7. 8 July 2014

   First published.