Sponsorship Compliance Audit

Once a business becomes a Standard Business Sponsor, it must compliance with sponsorship obligations. Examples of these obligations can be found here.

The Department of Home Affairs regularly conducts random audits of sponsors to ensure compliance with sponsor obligations. Examples of documents typically requested are:

• Payslips for sponsored workers

• Superannuation contribution records

• Annual leave application and approval records

• Salary details for equivalent Australian citizen or Permanent Residency workers

The purpose of sponsorship audits is to ensure businesses are providing information in their applications that is consistent with the conditions sponsored workers are actually subject to once working, and to ensure businesses are providing truthful information in their applications.

Compliance audits can happen to any sponsor. Audits are particularly common in hospitality and disability support, where the Department finds comparatively high rates of non-compliance.

Businesses should ensure they have a clear understanding of their obligations as a sponsor at the time they apply, and accurately keep records to ensure no obligation breaches are found at the time of audit.

Pricing

Professional fees to assist with a compliance audit will vary depending on the number of sponsored workers and the record keeping of the sponsor. Businesses undergoing an audit with only one sponsored employee can expect a fee of $3300. Businesses with multiple sponsored workers or challenges around documentation should contact us to obtain a quote.

All quoted fees are inclusive of GST.