Sponsor Monitoring

If you are an approved sponsor, the Department of Home Affairs has the power to monitor your compliance with the sponsor obligations.

Immigration inspectors have a number of powers, including:

• Power to enter business premises or other places where records are kept

• Power to interview any persons while at the premises

• Power to inspect any work, process or object at the premises

• Power to  inspect, and make copies of, any record or document (including electronic documents) kept on the premises

• Power to request access to records at the premises

• Power to request production of records within a specified period

If you are being monitored, it is highly recommended that you have a legal representative to deal with the Department of Home Affairs on your behalf, in order to minimise the risks of sanctions associated with non-compliance. Even if you have been non-compliant in the past, you should still take steps to mitigate or rectify the non-compliance before the Department takes formal action against your organisation.

Is your organisation being monitored by the Department? Contact us today to find out how we can help.