Australia Business Visa - Business Owners - Provisional

This Australia business visa article 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.

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 knowledge of English;
• 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 visit.

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, here are some of the things that you have to demonstrate:

• 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;
• 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:

• apply to 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, as a business owner after 2 years.

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.

Continue reading here: Australia Work Visa - Skilled Independent Migrant (175)

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