# Failure to satisfy sponsorship obligation

> reg-2.89 — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

2.89 Failure to satisfy sponsorship obligation
          (1) This regulation applies to a person who is or was:
               (a) a standard business sponsor in relation to a primary sponsored person or a
                    secondary sponsored person; or
               (b) a professional development sponsor in relation to a primary sponsored
                    person; or
               (c) a temporary work sponsor in relation to a primary sponsored person or a
                    secondary sponsored person; or
               (d) a temporary activities sponsor in relation to a primary sponsored person or
                    a secondary sponsored person; or
               (e) a parent sponsor.
          (2) For subparagraph 140L(1)(a)(i) of the Act, the circumstance is that the Minister
              is satisfied that the person has failed to satisfy a sponsorship obligation
              mentioned in Division 2.19.
          (3) For paragraph 140L(1)(b) of the Act, the criteria that the Minister must take into
              account in determining what action (if any) to take under section 140M of the
              Act in relation to the circumstance mentioned in subregulation (2) are:
                (a) the past and present conduct of the person in relation to Immigration; and
               (b) the number of occasions on which the person has failed to satisfy the
                    sponsorship obligation; and
                (c) the nature and severity of the circumstances relating to the failure to satisfy
                    the sponsorship obligation, including the period of time over which the
                    failure has occurred; and
               (d) the period of time over which the person has been an approved sponsor;
                    and
                (e) whether, and the extent to which, the failure to satisfy the sponsorship
                    obligation has had a direct or indirect impact on another person; and
                (f) whether, and the extent to which, the failure to satisfy the sponsorship
                    obligation was intentional, reckless or inadvertent; and









                 (g) whether, and the extent to which, the person has cooperated with
                      Immigration, including whether the person informed Immigration of the
                      failure; and
                 (h) the steps (if any) the person has taken to rectify the failure to satisfy the
                      sponsorship obligation, including whether the steps were taken at the
                      request of Immigration or otherwise; and
                  (i) the processes (if any) the person has implemented to ensure future
                      compliance with the sponsorship obligation; and
                  (j) the number of other sponsorship obligations that the person has failed to
                      satisfy, and the number of occasions on which the person has failed to
                      satisfy other sponsorship obligations; and
                 (k) any other relevant factors.