Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For section 312A of the Act, the registered migration agent must notify the Department by:
(a) sending a completed Form 956 to the Department; or
(b) sending a letter to the Department that:
(i) is dated; and
(ii) is signed by the agent; and
(iii) includes the name of the visa applicant; and
(iv) includes the visa applicant's departmental client number or file number (if known); and
(v) includes the agent's Migration Agent Registration Number; or
(c) completing the 'Migration Agent's Details' section of a visa application form.
(2) The registered migration agent must notify the Department in relation to subregulation (1), either:
(a) at the time of lodging the applicant's visa application with the Department; or
(b) if the visa application has already been lodged -- not later than 28 days after commencing to act on behalf of the visa applicant.