Business and
Investment Visas
Australia

Purpose

• The business visa encourages business people and investors to contribute to Australia’s economy by starting or managing businesses and making investments.

Benefits

• Start or Manage a Business: Set up or run a business in Australia.
• Invest in Australia: Make investments that can help grow the Australian economy.
• Permanent Residency: Some business visas can lead to permanent residency.

Some Basic Requirements

• Business Experience: You need to have experience running or managing a business or making investments.
• Money: Show you have enough funds to invest or start a business in Australia.
• English: You need to prove your English language skills with tests like IELTS or TOEFL.
• Health and Character: Pass health exams and police checks.

Some Types of Business Visas

• Business Talent (Permanent) Visa (Subclass 132):
  • Significant Business History Stream: For high-caliber business owners who want to do business in Australia.
  • Venture Capital Entrepreneur Stream: For people with venture capital funding from an Australian Investment Council member.
• Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent) Visa (Subclass 888):
  • Business Innovation Stream: For people with a successful business career who want to continue business activities in Australia.You must hold a subclass 188 in the business innovation stream and must be able to show ongoing business involvement.
  • Investor Stream: This visa lets you continue your investment activities in Australia permanently. You must hold a subclass 188 visa in the investor stream and must have held a designated investment of AUD1.5 million for 4 years.
  • Significant Investor Stream: For people who continue to hold complying investments in Australia. You must hold a subclass 188 visa in the Significant Investor stream or Significant Investor Extension stream and must have held a complying investment of AUD 5 million for 4 years.
  • Premium Investor Stream: For people nominated by Austrade who maintain complying premium investments in Australia. You must have held a subclass 188 visa in the Premium Investor stream for 12 months and have held a complying investment of AUD15 million for the duration of your subclass 188 visa.
  • Entrepreneur Stream: For people who have successfully carried out entrepreneurial activities in Australia. This visa lets holders and, in some cases, people who have held a Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) in the Entrepreneur stream, stay permanently.You must have lived in Australia for at least 2 years while on the above visa,you must have held a subclass 188 visa in the Entrepreneur stream for 4 years and must demonstrate a successful record of entrepreneurial activity in Australia while you held your subclass 188 visa.
• A new National Innovation Visa will be available at the end of 2024.