Anyone who sponsors a foreigner will be required to send any required notifications to the department of immigration to a centralised email address from 1 January 2016: [email protected]
Notifications by mail must be sent by registered post to the following postal addresses:
New South Wales |
Sponsor Monitoring |
Victoria |
Sponsor Monitoring |
Queensland |
Sponsor Monitoring |
Western Australia |
Sponsor Monitoring |
South Australia |
Sponsor Monitoring |
Northern Territory |
Sponsor Monitoring |
Australian Capital Territory |
Sponsor Monitoring |
Tasmania |
Sponsor Monitoring |
The changes were specified in instrument IMMI 14/138.
Notifications are generally required to be made within 28 days of the event. The type of events where notifications must be provided are specified in subregulation 2.84(3) of the Migration Regulations. There are a range of events specified and include the cessation or expected cessation of the visa holder’s employment; a change in the visa holder’s work duties; a change in the visa holder’s address or contact information; and certain high-level personnel changes at a sponsoring company.