Your sponsor checklist

When planning to sponsor skilled workers from overseas your business will need to meet a range of conditions.

These include showing that you’ve been operating lawfully and that you have tried to employ local staff for this position. Additional payroll and training requirements must also be met.

Find out how sponsorship works

• Become an approved sponsor 4 to do
  Business status confirmed

  Your business qualifies as a standard sponsor now that we’ve confirmed your ABN, that you’ve been operating lawfully and that there are no adverse findings reported against it.

  Payroll requirements met

  We were able to confirm through existing staff records and ATO contributions that your business complies with the payroll conditions of becoming an approved standard business sponsor.

  Comply with training benchmarks

  To ensure sponsoring overseas workers is not seen as an alternative to employing Australians, one of several training benchmarks for existing staff will need to be meet. These benchmarks vary depending on how long you’ve been in business.

  Learn more about training benchmarks

  Submit training benchmark plan

  Understand your responsibilities

  Once approved as a standard business sponsor, you must comply with several conditions as an employer.

  These include cooperating with inspectors, ensuring the sponsored worker performs the nominated position, and more.

  Learn more about employer responsibilities

  Check employer responsibilities
• Provide a job description 1 to do

  To sponsor a worker from outside Australia, you’ll need to provide a job description that outlines required skills and experience, previous work history, intended salary details, any staff benefits and planned working hours.

  Submit job description
• Complete employee details 1 to do

  Contact details for your sponsored employee, including full name, address, email and phone number are required. You can submit this now or later.

  Submit employee details
• Fees and payment 1 to do

  Sponsorship fee: $420
  Nomination fee: $330
  Amount payable now: $750
  

  (Applicant fees of $2,120 will become payable as your application progresses)

  Submit payment
• Track and share 6 to do

  Keep updated on the status of your application by tracking your progress.

  Application received

  Received: 15 October 2016

  Review in progress

  Approved: 20 November 2016

  Further information requested

  Received: 26 November 2016

  Payroll information

  Received: 26 November 2016

  Sponsorship approved

  Received: 1 December 2016

  Nominated position approved

  Received: 3 December 2016

  Shared with employee

  Shared: 3 December 2016

  Employee checklist

  Employee application received

  Employee review in progress

  Pending: 10 - 15 days

  Further information requested

  Visa approved