unfortunately a forum like this falls into the "systematically" category. In other words although you may be giving advice to someone now on a "family / casual" basis, you will then do it again tomorrow to help somebody else. The minute you do that, you are providing advice systematically. The law clearly states "irrespective of whether it's for financial gain or not". In other words we can't even help each other for free.
Then there is the fact that the info remains on the site, so anybody can access it, which puts that advice firmly into the "systematic" category.
I hate this new law as much as everybody else as it swept away my livelyhood, that I had planned and worked so hard to achieve for more than 3 years before arriving in NZ - why do you think I have been so scarce on the forum the last 2 odd years? I had to start all over again in a different field
Worst of all it took away all the awesome help that saved so many folks tens of thousands of Rands in immigration agent fees.
I do see other sites still allowing folks to post immigration advice, but I don't have $100 000 to take that chance? Do you, because according to the law it will not just be me that will be fined, but the person that provided that advice too?
At least we are still able to help in other ways
