INVESTMENT LINKED BUSINESS VISA
Australia offers a range of Business visas designed to attract
successful business people to settle permanently in Australia and
develop new or existing businesses. Most business migrants to
Australia are granted a Business Skills (Temporary) Australian visa
for four years. After maintaining your investment or business in
Australia, you will then be eligible to make an application for
either the Investment Linked or the Business Skills (Australian
Permanent Residence) visas.
The following is a brief summary of the two-stage process for
obtaining an Investment Temporary Visa and then converting that into
an Investment Permanent Visa. Note that if you choose to go into
business in Australia instead of making an investment, then you may
also be eligible for the Business Owner Permanent Visa at Step 2
below.
Step 1 - Temporary Residence - Investor Visa
This Australian visa is granted for a period of 4 years, and
providing you maintain your investment for the minimum 4 years, you
will be eligible to apply for a Permanent Investor (Residence) visa.
To make an application for the Investor Visa (Temporary Residence),
you will need to show the following:
Without Sponsorship
- A successful record (at least 3 years experience) of business or
investment management.
- Be willing to make an Investment worth AUD$1.5 million for 4 years
in Australia.
- Have net personal assets of AUD$2.25 million
- Have a Designated Investment of AUD$1.5 million in Australia
- Have sufficient net assets to settle in Australia.
- Be less than 45 years old.
- Have vocational English.
With Sponsorship
- Be sponsored by an Australian State or Territory government.
- For at least 1 of the past 5 fiscal years you have 10% ownership
interest in qualifying business or investment.
- Have net personal assets of AUD$1.125 million.
- Be willing to have a Designated Investment of AUD$750,000 in Australia.
- Have sufficient net assets to settle in Australia.
- Be less than 55 years old unless exceptional circumstances exist.
- Been a resident in Australia as the holder of a Temporary Business
visa for 2 of the past 4 years.
Please contact our office for further detailed information on this
Australian visa including how to obtain State Sponsorship, the fees
and costs, timing, supporting documents and forms required to make a
valid Australian visa application.
Step 2 - Permanent Residence – Investor Visa
To make an application for the Investor Permanent visa (Australian
Permanent Residence), you will need to show the following:
Without Sponsorship
- Hold any of the Business Skills Temporary visas.
- Hold a Designated Investment worth AUD$1.5 million for the past 4
years in Australia
- Have been in Australia as the holder of a qualifying visa for at
least 2 year in the last 4 years.
With Sponsorship
- Hold any of the Business Skills Temporary visas.
- Be sponsored by an Australian State or Territory government.
- A designated Investment worth AUD$750,000 for the past 4 years in
Australia.
- Been a resident in Australia as the holder of a Temporary Business
visa for 2 of the past 4 years.
Please contact our office for further detailed information on this
Australian visa including how to obtain State Sponsorship, the fees
and costs, timing, supporting documents and forms required to make a
valid Australian visa application. |
