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The Business visa migration program encourages successful business
people to settle permanently in Australia and develop new or existing
businesses.
Under the two-stage business visa migration program, applicants are granted
a Business Skills (Provisional) visa for four years and, after successfully
meeting the necessary level of business or investment activity, holders
of a Business Skills (Provisional) visa will be eligible to make an
application for permanent residency in Australia.
State/Territory government sponsorship is available for Business
Owners, Investors and Senior Executives, at both the provisional and
permanent residence stages, with significantly lower criteria, in
recognition of sponsorship by a State or Territory government. (Please
see below)
State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner
(provisional) visa
In order to be eligible for the State/Territory
Sponsored Business Owner (provisional) visa,
you must satisfy the following requirements:
- be sponsored by a state or territory government.
- your main business (overseas) must have had an annual
turnover of
AUD$300,000 for at least two (2) of the last four (4) years.
OR
you must have a sound continuous employment record
in a senior
management role in a qualifying business for at least four years immediately
before the application is made, and have demonstrated a high level
of
management skill.
- your business and personal assets available for transfer to Australia
are at least AUD$250,000.
- you must be less than 55 years old. (45 years old for the
160 visa)
State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner
(permanent) visa
This visa will provide permanent residency to an applicant who has:
- been the holder of a Business Owner (Provisional), a State/Territory
Sponsored Business Owner (Provisional), a Senior Executive (Provisional),
a State/Territory Sponsored Senior Executive (Provisional) visa,
an Investor (Provisional) or a State/Territory Sponsored Investor
(Provisional) visa. (or a 457-Independent Executive visa) for at
least 1 year in the the 2 years prior to the application.
- run a main business in Australia for at least 2 years before the
application is made.
- meet two (2) out of the following three (3) requirements, unless appropriate regional authority
provide
waiver:
- The net value of your business and personal assets
in Australia
were at least AUD$250,000 throughout the 12 months prior to
application.
- The net assets of the business were at least AUD$75,000 in
the 12 months immediately prior to application.
- employed at least 1 full-time Australian citizen or permanent
resident employee (or equivalent) throughout the 12 months immediately
prior to application.
- The main business had an annual turnover of at least AUD$200,000
in the 12 months immediately prior to the visa application.
State/Territory Sponsored Senior Executive
(provisional) visa.
To make an application for the State/Territory
Sponsored Senior Executive (provisional)
visa, the applicant must satisfy the following requirements:
- be sponsored by a state or territory government.
- For at least 2 of the 4 years immediately before the application
is made, you have occupied a position in the 3 highest levels of
the management structure of a major business in which you were responsible
for strategic policy development affecting a major component or
a wide range of operations of that major business.
- Your (or your and your partner’s combined) business and personal
assets have a net value of at least AUD$250,000, and are available
to transfer to Australia within 2 years after the grant of a State/Territory
Sponsored Senior Executive (Provisional) visa.
- You are aged less than 55 years at time of application or you
are proposing to establish or participate in a business that your
sponsoring State or Territory has determined is of exceptional economic
benefit to the State or Territory.
State/Territory Sponsored Senior Executive
(permanent) visa
Please refer to requirements for State/Territory
Sponsored Business Owner (permanent) visa
State/Territory Sponsored Investor (provisional)
visa
To make an application for the State/Territory
Sponsored Investment (provisional) visa,
the applicant must satisfy the following requirements:
- be sponsored by a state or territory government.
- You have a total of at least 3 years experience of direct involvement
in managing one or more qualifying businesses or eligible investments
- For at least one of the 5 fiscal years immediately before the
application is made:
- you have maintained direct involvement in either managing
a qualifying business in which you
had an ownership interest of at least 10% of the total value
of the business; or
- you maintained direct involvement in managing your eligible investments, the
total value of which was at least A$750,000
- For the 2 fiscal years immediately before the application is
made, the net value of your assets
was at least AUD$1,125,000
- You have demonstrated a high level of management skill in relation
to an eligible investment or qualifying business activity
- At the time of decision, you have a made a Designated Investment
of AUD$750,000
- You are aged less than 55 years at time of application or you
are proposing to
establish or participate in a business that your sponsoring State
or Territory has determined is of exceptional economic benefit to
the State or Territory
- You have signed a declaration that you understand your obligations
as the holder of an State/Territory Sponsored Investor (Provisional)
visa.
State/Territory Sponsored Investor (permanent)
visa
This visa will provide permanent residency to an applicant who has:
- been sponsored by an appropriate regional authority of a State
or Territory
government
- been the holder of a State/Territory Sponsored Investor (Provisional)
visa
- been resident, as the holder of a State/Territory Sponsored Investor
(Provisional) visa, in the State or Territory in which the sponsoring
appropriate
regional authority is located for a total of at least two (2) years in
the four (4) years prior to application.
- At time of decision, the designated investment made by and held
in the names of you and/or your partner has been held
continuously for at least 4 years.
Do you qualify for a business visa?
If you would like us to determine your eligibility against all the above sponsored
Business
Visa categories, you are invited to take advantage of our online
interview.
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