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Sponsors' obligations and liabilities are a serious matter and practitioners should ensure that clients are made aware of them. For instance, sponsors are required to notify Immigration (not via email) when certain events occur, such as a change to any information provided in the sponsorship application. Lack of notification can result in the following sanctions against the sponsor: a bar; sponsorship cancellation; civil penalty order; and others. Further, the visa's expiry date is brought forward if the sponsorship is cancelled.

For "regulations 2.72 and 2.73 and subregulation 5.19(5) of the Migration Regulations, ANZSCO is defined as meaning the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on ..."

The definition of "Employment Minister" under r 1.03 of the Migration Regulations 1994 will change on 29 June 2019, but with retrospective effect from 29 May 2019

The new regulations insert family violence provisions into Schedule 2 criteria for certain permanent visas and amends the Schedule 1 criteria for a primary applicant for certain visas

"the instrument specifies ... that holders of the new [regional visas] are eligible for approved English courses through the AMEP"

The purpose of this instrument is to remove the requirement for employers to provide a health workforce certificate for certain occupations for subclass 186 visa applications

The purpose of the new instrument is to change the eligibility requirements for merits review at the AAT for subclass 309 (partner) visa applicants

The new regulations "implement the commitment in Article 3 of the treaty, by establishing the new Treaty stream in the Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa. The Regulations create two streams in the Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa..."

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify the approved form, place and manner (the arrangements) for making an application for a Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional) (Class PR) visa (Class PR visa), which commences on 5 March 2021"

"The instrument also operates to specify appropriate regional authorities for the purpose of the definition of appropriate regional authority in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations. Specifically to reflect the correct names for the appropriate regional authorities who are able to sign sponsorship forms required to be lodged with an application for one of five legacy classes of visa".