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FOI Request: LEX 10555

Dear Aarzoo

Thank you for your email received by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (the department) on 6 April 2024 seeking access to information under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

This email sets out some information about your request.

Scope of request:
You have sought access to:

I would like to request the list of Australian company names that offer visa sponsership to foreign nationals.

Where you can access this information:
The Department of Home Affairs has recently published this information (as at 11 January 2024) which is accessible on their website through the following link - http://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/foi/files/...

Alternatively, if you would like to make a request for the information as at today's date, you will need to make an FOI request to the Department of Home Affairs, which you can make through a digital form on their website that is accessible on the following link - http://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/access-and...

Your request is not valid:
Having reviewed your email, we do not consider that it currently meets the requirements of a valid FOI request under the FOI Act. This is because the right of access under the FOI Act provides for access to documents, not information. Your enquiry does not clearly identify the documents you are seeking. Rather than requesting access to a document held by the department, you have requested information. As such, the purpose of this email is to assist you in making a valid FOI request.

How to make a valid request:
To be considered valid, your request must provide such information concerning the documents you are requesting, as is reasonably necessary to enable a reasonable officer of the department to identify the documents requested.

If you would like to proceed with a valid FOI request you can reply by return email to [DFAT request email].

Further information about how to lodge a valid request under the FOI Act can be found at http://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/corporat....

Kind regards

Jonathan | DFAT FOI Team
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Freedom of Information Section
Public Interest Law Branch | Regulatory and Legal Policy Division
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

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-----Original Message-----
From: Aarzoo <[FOI #11299 email]>
Sent: Saturday, April 6, 2024 3:33 PM
To: FOI FOI <[DFAT request email]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Freedom of Information request - List of Australian companies that offer visa sponsership

CAUTION: This email originated from outside the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender.

Dear Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,

I would like to request the list of Australian company names that offer visa sponsership to foreign nationals.

Yours faithfully,
Aarzoo

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