Notice of data exchange for skilled visa program compliance

The Department of Home Affairs, including the Australian Border Force, has issued a notice that it will obtain data from the ATO to identify whether business sponsors are complying with their sponsorship obligations (eg, paying visa holders correctly) and whether the 58,000 Skills in Demand or Temporary Skills Shortage (subclass 482) primary visa holders are complying with their visa conditions (eg, to work only for an approved employer).

The details will be electronically matched against ATO data holdings. Where there is an identity match, the ATO will return Single Touch Payroll employment data for the relevant individuals.