Migration (IMMI 18/038: Sponsorship Applications and Nominations for Subclasses 407, 457 and 482 visas) Instrument 2018
7Different way of making an application for approval as a standard business sponsor
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7 Different way of making an application for approval as a standard business sponsor
(1) For the purposes of subregulation 2.61(3B) of the Regulations, subsection (2) specifies the way, and the circumstances in which, an application for approval as a standard business sponsor may be made. (2) If subsection (3) or (4) applies and if:
an officer has sent an authorisation for a person (the applicant) to make an application in accordance with this subsection; and the authorisation in paragraph (a) is sent by an email from e482.Manual.Lodgement@homeaffairs.gov.au; then the applicant may make an application by:
using the approved Form 482S, as provided with the authorising email; and
emailing the completed application form to e482.Manual.Lodgement@homeaffairs.gov.au by the end of the day on which the authorisation was given (AEST or AEDST as applicable to the date on which the authorisation was given); and
including in the email, a copy of the authorising email sent by the Department and the name and position number of the officer who sent the authorising email.
(3) This subsection applies if: (a) the Department has identified a problem with its Internet application systems; and (b) as a result of the problem referred to in paragraph (a), the applicant is unable to make an Internet application; and (c) electronic lodgement of the application is not prevented by the Act or the Regulations; and (d) it is more likely than not that the problem will not be rectified by the end of the business day on which the problem is identified by the Department; and (e) an affected visa applicant will become an unlawful non-citizen on, or before, the next business day. (4) This subsection applies if: (a) a problem is identified by the Department with the Department’s systems that allow Internet applications to be made and the applicant is unable to make an Internet application as a result of that problem; and (b) the problem referred to in paragraph (a) is unable to be rectified by the Department; and (c) electronic lodgement of the application is not prevented by the Act or the Regulations.