AUSTRALIAN PERMANENT VISA:

Investor Visa
You must be nominated by a state or territory government or Austrade on behalf of the Australian government.

BUSINESS INNOVATION & INVESTMENT VISA

The Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa is part of the Business Innovation and Investment Program.

You must be nominated by a state or territory government or Austrade on behalf of the Australian government before being invited to apply for this visa.

The visa includes 5 streams:
• Business Innovation stream: for people with business skills who want to establish, develop and manage a new or existing business in Australia. Applicants must be nominated by a state or territory government.

• Investor stream: 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. Applicants must be nominated by a state or territory government.

• Significant Investor stream: for people who are willing to invest at least AUD5 million into complying significant investments in Australia and want to maintain business and investment activity in Australia. Applicants can be nominated by a state or territory government or Austrade on behalf of the Australian government.

• Premium Investor stream: for people who are willing to invest at least AUD15 million into complying premium investments in Australia and want to maintain business and investment activity in Australia. Applicants must be nominated by Austrade on behalf of the Australian government.

• Entrepreneur stream: for people who have a funding agreement from a third party for at least AUD200,000 to undertake a complying entrepreneur activity that is proposed to lead to either the commercialization of a product or service in Australia or the development of a business in Australia. Applicants must be nominated by a state or territory government.