Form 949 · Business and investment
State/Territory sponsorship: Business Skills class
What this official form is for and who lodges it. The form itself is only ever the Department's own document; nothing is completed or submitted here.
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Purpose
This form records a formal sponsorship from an authorised state or territory business development agency, which is required for certain state/territory-sponsored Business Skills residence visa subclasses. It can also be used to seek release from an original sponsor when relocating.
Who lodges it
The visa applicant completes their own details, while the sponsoring state or territory business development agency completes, signs and stamps the sponsorship certification section.
When it is used
It is used when applying for a state/territory-sponsored Business Skills residence visa that requires agency sponsorship, and the completed, agency-certified form is lodged with the visa application within the sponsorship validity period.
Official form
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