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Notification of address or change of address
for Business Skills visa holders
Form
922
Department of Home Affairs
About this form
Important – Please read this information carefully before you
complete this form. Once you have completed this form we
strongly advise that you keep a copy for your records.
Each holder of a Business Skills (Provisional) visa or a Business
Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (including members
of the family unit who are 18 years of age or over) must notify the
Department of Home Affairs (the Department) of their
residential address within 6 months of their first arrival in
Australia (if visa is granted outside Australia) or within 28 days
from visa grant (if visa is granted in Australia).
Each holder of a Business Skills (Residence) visa or a Business
Innovation and Investment (Permanent) visa (including members
of the family unit who are 18 years of age or over) must notify the
Department of their residential address within 28 days of visa
grant.
Each holder of Business Talent visa (including members of the
family unit who are 18 years of age or over) must notify the
Department of their residential address within 28 days of first
arrival (if visa is granted outside Australia) or visa grant (if visa is
granted in Australia).
All groups must also advise the Department of any further
changes of residential address within 28 days during the first
3 years after arrival or visa grant, respectively. Failure to do so
may render the visa holder liable to penalties.
If you are notifying either your initial address or a change of
address, please complete this form and return it to:
By mail:
Adelaide Business Skills Processing Centre
Department of Home Affairs
GPO Box 2399
ADELAIDE SA 5001
AUSTRALIA
By courier:
Adelaide Business Skills Processing Centre
Department of Home Affairs
70 Franklin Street
ADELAIDE SA 5000
AUSTRALIA
(9am to 4pm Monday to Friday)
Immigration assistance
A person gives immigration assistance to you if he or she uses, or
claims to use, his or her knowledge or experience in migration
procedure to assist you with your visa application, request for
ministerial intervention, cancellation review application,
sponsorship or nomination.
In Australia a person may only lawfully give immigration
assistance if he or she is a registered migration agent or is exempt
from being registered. Only registered migration agents may
receive a fee or reward for providing immigration assistance.
If an unregistered person in Australia, who is not exempt from
registration, gives you immigration assistance they are
committing a criminal offence and may be prosecuted.
Migration agents in Australia
Migration agents in Australia must be registered with the Office
of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (Office of the
MARA) unless they are exempt from registration.
Migration agents outside Australia
Migration agents who operate outside Australia do not have to be
registered. The Department may give some overseas agents an
ID number. This number does not mean that they are registered.
Note: Some Australian registered migration agents operate
overseas.
Migration agent information
A migration agent is someone who can:
• advise you on the visa that may best suit you;
• tell you the documents you need to submit with your
application;
• help you fill in the application and submit it; and
• communicate with the Department on your behalf.
If you appoint a migration agent, the Department will assume
that your migration agent will be your authorised recipient,
unless you indicate otherwise.
Your migration agent will be the person with whom the
Department will discuss your application and from whom it will
seek further information when required.
You are not required to use a migration agent. However, if you
use a migration agent, the Department encourages you to use a
registered migration agent. Registered agents are bound by the
Migration Agents Code of Conduct, which requires them to act
professionally in their clients’ lawful best interests.
Information on migration agents, including a list of registered
migration agents, is available on the Office of the MARA website
www.mara.gov.au
You can also access information about migration agents on the
Department’s website www.homeaffairs.gov.au
Exempt persons
The following people do not have to be a registered migration
agent in order to provide immigration assistance, but they must
not charge a fee for their service:
• a close family member (spouse, de facto partner, child, parent,
brother or sister);
• a member of parliament or their staff;
• an official whose duties include providing immigration
assistance (eg. a Legal Aid provider);
• a member of a diplomatic mission, consular post or
international organisation.
Appointing a migration agent/exempt person
To appoint a migration agent/exempt person you should complete
Question 15.
Your migration agent/exempt person should complete form 956
Advice by a migration agent/exempt person of providing
immigration assistance.
Form 956 is available from the Department’s website
www.homeaffairs.gov.au/allforms/