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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.
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| 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: | 2025-12-17 04:52:01 · v. 20251217045201-jtz | ||||||
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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 name | Export type | Size | |
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entities.ftm.json | FollowTheMoney entities | 1.83 MB | |
names.txt | Target names text file | 72.47 KB | |
senzing.json | Senzing entity format | 1.12 MB | |
source.json | Source data | 2.57 MB | |
targets.nested.json | Targets as nested JSON | 704 KB | |
targets.simple.csv | Targets as simplified CSV | 204.78 KB |
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| Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine: | |
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint: | |
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The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:
| Added | Name | Type | Countries |
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| Toro Robata Sushi | Company | Australia | |
| Jin's Place | Company | Australia | |
| Australian Academy of Nursing Pty Ltd | Company | Australia | |
| Star of Siam Thai Restaurant | Company | Australia | |
| MASSAGE PHILOSOPHY | Company | Australia | |
| Pablaz Group Pty Ltd* | Company | Australia | |
| Thai Thyme Erina Pty Ltd | Company | Australia | |
| AIRA AUS PTY LTD | Company | Australia | |
| Hungry Bird Restaurant | Company | Australia | |
| Blooming Garden Beaumont | Company | Australia | |
| Oishii Pokolbin | Company | Australia | |
| La Cuchina di Vino | Company | Australia | |
| Qaco Pty Ltd | Company | Australia | |
| Fusion Asia Glenelg | Company | Australia | |
| M & S Tanner Pty Ltd | Company | Australia |
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