Your sponsorship obligations
There are different types of obligations for:
When you need to contact us
As a sponsor, you must tell the Department of Home Affairs if:
- your business circumstances change
- there is a change relating to the person you are sponsoring.
Find out about when you need to contact the Department if there is a
change in situation.
You can tell us by emailing
sponsor.notifications@abf.gov.au or completing the sponsor changes form in
ImmiAccount.
Failure to meet sponsorship obligations
A sponsor who fails to meet sponsorship obligations may face possible sanctions including:
- cancellation of their approval as a sponsor
- being banned from sponsoring other workers
- being banned from making future applications for approval as a sponsor
- being served with an infringement notice imposing a specified financial penalty (for example, $79,200 for a body corporate or $15,840 for an individual for each failure)
- civil penalties imposed by the courts (for example, up to $396,000 for a body corporate and $79,200 for an individual for each failure)
- being issued a compliance notice to address alleged sponsorship obligation breaches
- an Enforceable Undertaking, which is a legally binding written agreement between the sponsor and the Department of Home Affairs / Australian Border Force.
More than one sanction can be imposed. Read more about
Sanctions overview.
Paying an employer or sponsor infringement notice
To pay an infringement notice you can use BPAY. For further information, see
Paying an employer or sponsor infringement notice.
