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"Australia Business Visa"

Business Owners - Provisional

The Australia business visa page summarises our understanding about the provisional visa (subclass 160) for business owners. For all the up-to-date, official and detailed information visit the department of immigration Australia website: www.immi.gov.au.


If you are an experienced entrepreneur who has the funds and wants to set up and manage an existing or new company or invest down under, read on.

Start with a temporary visa and then apply for permanent residency.

Australia Business Visa
Is It For You?

If the following looks like you, then you may fit the bill:

  • You have not turned 45 yet;
  • You must either be a native English speaker or have a good enough knowledge of English at a vocational level;
  • You have a successful career as a business person;
  • You own strong equity in a business overseas, which produces a sizeable turnover;
  • In addition to this you need to have enough money to start a new life in Australia.

For all the nitty-gritty of how much money you need and all the details necessary to make a decision click here. Browse all the information provided by the department of immigration Australia website to understand whether this work permit is for you and how it works.

Below is a quick outline.

When you apply for this business visa for Australia, you have to demonstrate that:

  • your main objective is to own or be involved in the ownership of an Australian company;
  • you intend to have a top management position in the firm and actively manage it;
  • you will observe the health and character requirements and agree to Australian values;
  • and you must inform the business development agency in the state where you want to establish your business about your intentions.

Australia Business Visa
What You Can Do

In addition to establishing and managing a company down under you can:
  • bring your family with you. They have rights to study or work;
  • leave and return to this country whenever you want during the four year validity of your temporary visa;
  • apply to become a permanent resident.

What You Cannot Do

You cannot access Medicare, the medical insurance Australia national scheme.

To be able to access it, you need to be a resident.

You can apply for permanent residency, as a business owner, after 2 years.

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