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Sanctions imposed on sponsors of skilled foreign workers

​​​​Sponsorship obligations

The table below lists the sponsorship obligations that sponsors are required to comply with under Australia’s Migration Regulations 1994. The table sets out the regulation number in the first column and, in the second column, the corresponding obligation. You will find the regulation number referred to in the table on the Register of sanctioned sponsors page.

Regulation

Sponsorship obligation

2.78

to cooperate with inspectors

2.79

to ensure equivalent terms and conditions of employment (subclass 457/482)

2.79A

to ensure equivalent terms and conditions of employment (subclass 494)

2.80

to pay travel costs to enable sponsored persons to leave Australia

2.80A

to pay travel costs of domestic workers (executive)​​

2.81

to pay costs incurred by the Commonwealth to locate and remove unlawful non-citizen

2.82​

to keep records

2.83

to provide records and information to the Minister

2.84

to provide information to Immigration when certain events occur

2.85

to secure an offer of a reasonable standard of accommodation

2.86

to ensure primary sponsored person works or participates in nominated occupation, program or activity

2.86A

to ensure primary sponsored person works or participates in activity in relation to which the visa was granted

2.87

not to recover, transfer or take actions that would result in another person paying for certain costs

2.87C

to not engage in discriminatory recruitment practices

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