Australian immigration note for sponsors

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 GPO Box 9984 Sydney NSW 2001
Victoria	Sponsor Monitoring GPO Box 241 Melbourne VIC 3001
Queensland	Sponsor Monitoring GPO Box 9984 Brisbane QLD 4001
Western Australia	Sponsor Monitoring Locked Bag 7 Northbridge WA 6865
South Australia	Sponsor Monitoring GPO Box 2399 Adelaide SA 5001
Northern Territory	Sponsor Monitoring GPO Box 864 Darwin NT 0801
Australian Capital Territory	Sponsor Monitoring GPO Box 717 Canberra ACT 2601
Tasmania	Sponsor Monitoring GPO Box 794 Hobart TAS 7001

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.