 Business Sponsorship Visa Australia
Temporary business sponsorship
Business sponsorship allows employers to sponsor a specified number of temporary business entrants within a two year period.
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Australian Business FREE Assessment Application Form
Your employer must demonstrate to the department they can satisfy the sponsorship criteria, including their ability to comply with undertakings in relation to the approved number of sponsored employees.
A business sponsorship is valid for either two years or until the approved number of positions is filled, whichever happens earlier.
The nomination and visa applications must be lodged well before the period expires.
If employers wish to sponsor additional entrants they need to make a new sponsorship application.
Sponsored employees may stay in Australia for the length of the visa validity period - the visa does not expire when the sponsorship expires.
Overseas business sponsorship
Businesses which have no formal operating base or representation in Australia may apply to bring employees to Australia to:
- establish a branch, joint venture or agency distributorship and subsidiary branches in Australia; or
- fulfil obligations for a contract or other business activity in Australia.
The employer, or a person with legal authority to act on their behalf, completes the sponsorship and nomination form 1196 and makes sponsorship undertakings.
Approval is valid for two years or until the available nominations are filled.
Sponsorship information
Detailed information is on this website about:
- the requirements for sponsorship;
- monitoring of business sponsors;
- the effects of failing to comply with undertakings; and
- making applications online.
Tax Refund Info
It is important for all Sponsored Workers to realise that they may be entitled to a significant tax refund after they have finished working in Australia.
For people who work for more than 6 months, this can and often does amount to thousands of dollars. more info plus free taxback calculator here on getting your Tax Back.
MAJOR TIP: Keep all of your receipts.
Requirements for sponsorship
To be approved as a sponsor, the employer must agree to abide by the sponsorship undertakings set out on forms 1196 and 1196 (Internet).
The employer must also demonstrate that the business:
- is a lawfully and actively operating business;
- will be the direct employer of the temporary business entrant;
- has a good business record and abides by immigration laws;
- will bring benefit to Australia through the employment of a temporary resident;
- will advance skills through technology or training.
The sponsorship undertakings changed on 1 July 2004.
Business sponsors who lodged their application to sponsor Business (Long Stay) visa applicants prior to 1 July 2004 remain responsible for meeting the undertakings which they signed. Business sponsors lodging their application to sponsor on or after this date will be responsible for a different set of undertakings.
Want to set up a business in Australia ?
Which statement best applies to your current situation?*
(1) I currently own, or have recently owned one or more successful businesses and wish to purchase or establish a business in Australia.
(2) I occupy a position in the top three levels of management within a major company or organisation, and wish to purchase or establish a business in Australia.
(3) I am an experienced investor with considerable net assets. I would be prepared to invest a considerable sum in a designated Australian Government investment and wish to engage in business and investment activity in Australia.
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