This visa is the only permanent resident visa in the business and investment migration category that you could apply directly. The visa is for high calibre business people from overseas. The visa has two streams: venture capital entrepreneur stream and significant business history stream.
Venture Capital entrepreneur
Significant business history
This stream is a temporary visa, applicable for people with business skills who want to establish, develop and manage a new or existing business in Australia. You must:
This stream is for people who want to make a designated investment of at least AUD1.5 million in an Australian state or territory and maintain business and investment activity in Australia. You must:
This stream is for people who are willing to invest at least AUD5 million into complying investments in Australia and want to maintain business and investment acitivity in Australia. You must meet the following criterion for the Significant Investor visa to be granted:
Attractive features of this stream:
A "Complying Investment" for the purposes of the Significant Investor Visa includes:
Holding any one of the above mentioned 188 visa is the first stage before becoming eligible to qualify for a Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent) visa (Subclass 888).
After doing business in Australia for 2 years while holding a 188 visa, you are eligible to apply for permanent resident visa (888), if you meet below requirements. The visa has two streams: Business innovation stream and Investor stream
Business innovation stream
If you are applying for the Business Innovation stream, you must have been in Australia and held for at least one year in the two years immediately before you apply, and must met requirements for owning and operating a business in Australia while on a provisional visa subclass 188A.
Investor Stream
If you are applying for this visa in the Investor stream, you must have been in Australia and held visa 188B for at least two of the four years immidiately before you apply. In addition, you (or you and your partner combinmed) must have held a designated investment with an Australian state or territory for at least four years.
Significant Investor Stream
If you are applying for a permanent visa (subclass 888) in the Significant Investor stream, you must:
Prior to July 2012, the business and investor migration visas were in different system and people nominally apply for 160-165 visa. They will need to conduct business in Australia for 2 years (or maintain investment for 4 years) before they can apply for permanent resident visa. Below summarise the permanent resident visa subclasses they may apply for.
Business Owner Visa (subclass 890) is a permanent residence visa. You will be able to travel in and out of Australia for five years. This visa is for people who own and manage a business in Australia.
To apply for this visa you must show that:
You must also show that during the past year:
State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner visa (subclass 892) is for people who own a new or existing business and are sponsored by a state or territory authority.
You can apply if you already hold a qualifying provisional business visa.
You must show you can meet the following requirements for:
Business operations
You must show:
Business ownership
You must own at least one of the following:
Assets and employees
You meet at least two of the following three requirements, unless a state or territory authority has accepted there are exceptional circumstances:
Business turnover
You must show that your main business or two main businesses together had a turnover of at least AUD200 000 in the past 12 months. This may not apply if you meet all of the following conditions:
State/Territory Sponsored Investor visa (subclass 893) is for people who are sponsored by a state or territory authority and have held a designated investment in Australia for four years.
You can apply for this visa if:
Business requirements
You, or your spouse or de facto partner together must:
The Skilled-Independent visa (subclass 189) is a permanent residence visa for points-tested skilled workers who want to work and live in Australia.
To be able to apply for this visa you need to submit an expression of interest and then be invited through SkillSelect to apply.
You can be in or outside Australia when you apply and when the visa is granted.
Work and live in Australia with this permanent resident work visa. Certain foreign-national skilled workers who hold occupations on Australia’s Skilled Occupations List may be eligible for a Subclass 190 visa. This visa requires the applicant to complete a skills test and be nominated by a state or territory government.
The Skilled Nominated Work Visa (subclass 190) requires you to be nominated by a state or territory government. Once you submit your EOI, it will be viewable by government authorities looking for prospective workers with your skill set. If a government decides to nominate you, you will receive a letter of invitation to apply for the 190 visa.
You can be in or outside Australia when you apply and when the visa is granted.
The individuals wanting to work in Australia for as much as 5 years can go to Australia with a Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Visa subclass 491 if they satisfy the attached conditions for the same. This visa subclass 491 allows you to live, work and study in Australia for the maximum of 5 years if you are nominated by a state or territory government for the purpose of living and working in Australia in a regional area. For being able to apply for a Visa subclass 491 you must have been invited to apply. The Australian Visa 491 is somehow dependent on the points test based on your skills.
For a visa subclass 491, any individual who is invited to apply by the Department of Home Affairs on completing the Skills Assessment and be nominated by a state or territory government agency or sponsored by an eligible relative who is 18 years or older can apply for a skilled regional visa subclass 491. This visa is pathway to Permanent Resident (SC 191).
You can be in or outside Australia when you apply and when the visa is granted.
The Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) lets you live, study and work in Australia temporarily after you have finished your studies. Students are only able to access the Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) once as a primary applicant.
This visa has two streams:
Graduate Work stream – for international students with an eligible qualification who graduate with skills and qualifications that relate to an occupation on the Skilled Occupation List (SOL). A visa in this stream is granted for 18 months from the date of grant.
Post-Study Work stream – for international students who graduate with a higher education degree from an Australian education provider, regardless of their field of study. This stream is only available to students who applied for, and were granted, their first student visa to Australia on or after 5 November 2011. A visa in this stream can be granted for up to four years from the date the visa is granted, depending on the visa applicant's qualification.
If you are applying as the main applicant, you and anybody else covered by the application must be in Australia when you apply for this visa and when your visa is decided.
Family members who apply for this visa after the main applicant has been granted the visa may be in or outside Australia when they apply, but must not be in immigration clearance.
The Skilled — Recognised Graduate visa (subclass 476) allows recent engineering graduates of eligible universities to gain up to 18 months of skilled work experience in occupations. It is a temporary visa.
You may be inside or outside Australia when you apply for this visa however you must be outside of Australia when the visa is decided, unless you are a New Zealand citizen who holds a Special Category visa (subclass 444). A New Zealand citizen who holds a Special Category visa (subclass 444) can be in or outside Australia when the visa is decided.
Requirements
You might be able to get this visa if you:
The Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186) is for skilled workers who want to work in Australia. This visa involves a two-step process, firstly, nomination by an approved Australian employer and then an application under the nominated stream. It is part of the Permanent Employer Sponsored Visa program.
This visa is a permanent residence visa. You can be in or outside Australia when you apply. If you are in Australia, you must hold a substantive visa or a bridging visa A, B or C.
The visa has three streams:
The Temporary Residence Transition stream is for subclass 457 visa holders who have worked for two years in the same occupation with their nominating employer (who has lodged a valid nomination with us under the Temporary Residence Transition stream), who wants to offer them a permanent position in that occupation.
The Direct Entry stream is for:
people who have been nominated by their employer under the Direct Entry stream
people who have never, or only briefly, worked in Australia
temporary residents who do not qualify for the Temporary Residence Transition stream, or
people with a nomination lodged with us before 1 July 2012.
The Agreement stream is for people sponsored by an employer through a labour agreement.
Requirements
You might be able to get this visa if you:
The Subclass 494 Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa is a provisional (temporary residence) visa which requires holders to live, work, and study in a regional area of Australia. Once certain residence requirements have been met, holders can apply for a permanent Regional visa.
The application process for the Subclass 494 visa are very similar to those for a Subclass 482 Temporary Skills Shortage visa. This consists of 3 main parts:
To apply for approval as a Standard Business Sponsor, the business would need to provide evidence that it is actively and lawfully operating, and has the financial ability to meet its sponsorship obligations.
Australian businesses who have already been approved as sponsors for 457/TSS visas will be able to use the existing SBS to nominate for the Subclass 494 visa. It is not possible for overseas businesses to sponsor for the 494 visa.
Employers then nominate a position located in regional Australia, and identifies the person they wish to sponsor for the role. To meet the nomination requirements, employers must show:
A Skilling Australians Fund (SAF) levy is payable for each nomination under the 494 program, as follows:
The revenue raised from these payments will go towards the training of Australian workers.
The employee would then apply for a visa to work in Australia to fill the nominated position. This would involve providing evidence that they:
The Subclass 494 visa is valid for 5 years from the date of grant, and requires all visa holders to live, work, and study in regional Australia. Visa holders are eligible for Australian Medicare for the life of this visa.
494 Visas are subject to a condition limiting the primary visa holder to only work for the nominating employer, and only in the occupation in which they were sponsored. If the visa holder ceases work, they have 90 days to find a new employer or the visa is liable for cancellation.
It is possible to apply for a permanent Subclass 191 Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional) visa after living and working in a regional area for at least 3 years. Unlike the transitional pathway for ENS or RSMS visas, the Subclass 191 visa does not require that holders have been working for the same employer for the 3-year period, and does not require nomination from an employer in order to apply for the permanent visa.
Applicants must still meet certain income requirements, and be able to prove their residence in regional Australia for the 3-year period.
Applicants should also note that there are restrictions on applying for other permanent visas, such as the 189, 190 or 820 Partner visa until they have held the 494 for the three year period.
The Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457) allows skilled workers to come to Australia and work for an approved business for up to four years.
You must be sponsored by an approved business. A business can sponsor someone for this visa if they cannot find an Australian citizen or permanent resident to do the skilled work.
You can be in or outside Australia when you lodge your application.
Requirements
You might be able to get this visa if:
There are 3 types of Marriage for Partner category visas:
Partner visa application for Legal Marriage and De Facto Relationship is a two-stage process:
1. Stage one: Temporary Partner Visa (Offshore Visa subclass 309/ Onshore Visa subclass 820)
2. Stage two: Permanent Partner Visa (Offshore Visa subclass 100/ Onshore Visa subclass 801)
Generally, the applicant will be granted a Temporary partner visa (usually for a waiting period of approximately two years from the date you applied for the visa) if all the legal criteria for the grant of the visa are met. After the waiting period, if the partner relationship still exists, the applicant will then be eligible to apply for a Permanent visa. No application fee is involved for the permanent visa application.
However, the applicant may be granted a permanent visa without having to wait if the applicant can demonstrate one of the following:
at the time you apply for the visa, have been in a married or de facto relationship with the partner for three years or more
at the time you apply for the visa , have been in a married or de facto relationship with the partner for two years or more, and there is a dependent child of your relationship.
Prospective Marriage or the Fiancés Visa (Visa subclass 300)
This visa allows the applicant to enter Australia and marry his or her intended fiancé within the visa’s 9 month validity period. The applicant’s intended fiancés must be an Australian citizens, permanent residents or eligible New Zealand citizens.
The applicant must meet the following requirements:
The applicant must be able to demonstrate one of the following:
A Contributory Parents Visa (fee-paying) might be finalised in under two years; it cost at least $48,550 for each person.
1. Partner Visa: includes spouse (married or de facto), fiancé, or same-sex partner.
2. Parent Visa: the applicant need to have no less than 50% of his/her children (including adopted) who are Australian citizens and/or permanent residents and wish and able to sponsor the applicant.
3. Child Visa: A parent who is Australian citizens or permanent resident can sponsor his/her child (including adopted) who is under 18 years old or dependent on the parent.
4. Remaining Relative: Normally the relative must have no close ties in his/her usual resident country, or be single, widowed, divorced or formally separated and is dependent on the sponsor.
5. Carer: The applicant intends to give substantial, continuing assistance to the sponsor or other family member who has medical condition that impairs their ability to look after themselves.
The aim of this program is to attract highly skilled and talented individuals from specifically targeted industries to permanently settle in Australia.
Through the Global Talent Visa, Australia is seeking highly skilled and talented people from across the globe in specific industries for priority processing so that they may settle in Australia.
This is for highly skilled and talented individuals in one of ten (10) priority sectors in Australia.
You will have to be highly skilled and internationally recognised in one of the following target sectors:
You will have to meet the heath, character, security and integrity checks that will apply to all applicants.
Global Talent Visa Australia is for applicants that are highly talented in their skill globally and are not covered by temporary skills shortage program, which is also known as 482 working visa / TSS.
Global Talent Visa Australia allows employers to sponsor overseas workers for highly skilled niche positions that cannot be filled:
Before the Department enters into an agreement, businesses must be able to demonstrate that they cannot fill the position through existing skilled visa programs.
Employers will then be able to sponsor workers for a TSS visa under the GTES.