Australian Sanctions Imposed on Sponsors of Skilled Foreign Worker Visas

Details of visa sponsors who have breached their sponsorship obligations since 18 March 2015.

The Australian Border Force (ABF) maintains a list of skilled foreign worker visa sponsors who have been sanctioned for non-compliance with sponsorship obligations. This includes employers who have had their sponsorship cancelled, or who have been barred from sponsoring new workers.

Note: The dataset source is subject to monthly updates. Sponsors who have been found to have breached their obligations and are subject to sanctions may not appear until updates are applied.

Data overview

Entities:
Total3,474
Searchable1,733
Targets657
Entity types:
Companies1,733
Countries:
Australia1,733
Publisher:Australian Border Force (ABF) · Australia

The Australian Border Force (ABF) is the operational arm of the Department of Home Affairs, responsible for managing the security and integrity of Australia's borders, including customs.

Collections:in Debarred Companies and Individuals · OpenSanctions Default
Information:www.abf.gov.au
Source data:www.abf.gov.au · JSON
Tags:list.debarment · issuer.west
Coverage:added · frequency: daily
Last processed:2025-10-30 04:52:02 · v. 20251030045202-lqx
Last change:

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Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities1.82 MB
names.txtTarget names text file71.99 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format1.11 MB
source.jsonSource data2.55 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON705.75 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV205.39 KB

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Recent additions

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