Standard business sponsor obligations
A business must be an approved standard business sponsor (SBS) to sponsor overseas workers for subclass 457 Temporary Work (Skilled) visas. To protect overseas workers from exploitation and to ensure that the 457 program is used correctly, approved SBS must adhere to obligations:
​Sponsorship obligations
Cooperate with inspectors
Ensure equivalent terms and conditions of employment
Pay travel costs and enable sponsored persons to leave Australia
Pay costs incurred by the Commonwealth to locate and remove unlawful non-citizens
Keep records
Provide records and information to the Minister
Provide information to Immigration when certain events occur
Ensure primary sponsored person works or participates in nominated occupation, program or activity
Not to recover, transfer or take actions that would result in another person paying certain costs
Provide training to its Australian employees
Not to engage in discriminatory recruitment practices
