Stay Compliant Throughout Your Sponsorship
Becoming an approved sponsor is an important milestone, but your responsibilities don’t end once a visa has been granted. Employers who sponsor overseas workers are expected to meet ongoing obligations throughout the sponsorship period, and keeping on top of these requirements is essential.
In practice, many compliance issues don’t arise because employers intentionally do the wrong thing. More often, they’re the result of missed reporting timeframes, incomplete records, or uncertainty about what needs to be done when circumstances change.
At Aurelia, we help businesses understand their sponsorship obligations, minimise compliance risks, and respond to issues before they become bigger problems.
How Aurelia Can Help
Staying compliant is often easier when you have the right advice before issues arise. Our law specialists can assist with:
- Advice on employer sponsorship obligations.
- Compliance reviews for approved sponsors.
- Guidance on record-keeping and reporting requirements.
- Assistance responding to Department of Home Affairs or Australian Border Force enquiries.
- Advice where potential compliance concerns have been identified.
- Ongoing legal support for sponsoring employers.
If something doesn’t look right, we’ll explain the issue clearly and work with you to resolve it as early as possible.
Understanding Your Responsibilities
As an approved sponsor, you’re expected to continue meeting a range of obligations while employing sponsored workers. These may include:
Maintaining Accurate Records
Keeping employment and sponsorship records that may be requested by the relevant authorities.
Reporting Changes
Notifying the Department of Home Affairs when certain changes occur within your business or to a sponsored employee.
Meeting Employment Obligations
Ensuring sponsored employees receive employment conditions that comply with Australian workplace and migration requirements.
Cooperating with Compliance Activities
Providing information or documents if requested by the Department of Home Affairs or the Australian Border Force during compliance monitoring.
Speak With Our Migration Lawyers
Whether you’ve recently become an approved sponsor or have sponsored overseas workers for years, Aurelia can help you understand your obligations and support your business in meeting Australia’s migration requirements.
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