Business Migration

The Business Skills visa class of Australia's migration program encourages successful business people to

settle permanently in Australia and develop new or existing businesses.Under the two-stage arrangements

introduced on 1 March 2003, business migrants are granted a Business Skills (Provisional) visa for four years

and, after establishing the requisite level of business or maintaining their eligible investment, are eligible to

make an application for a Business Skills (Residence) visa. A direct permanent residence category will still

be available for high-calibre business migrants sponsored by State/Territory governments. This is known as

the Business Talent visa. The Business Skills program is divided into four categories:

business owner : for owners or part-owners of a business;

senior executive :  for senior executive employees of major businesses;

investment : for investors/business people willing to invest in Australia;

business talent : for high-calibre business people who have sponsorship from a State/Territory government.

In addition, the Business Skills program also has two categories for persons who are in Australia on temporary visas,

other than the Business Skills (Provisional) visas:

established business in Australia (EBA) : for people temporarily in Australia who are owners or part  

        owners of a business; and

regional established business in Australia (REBA) : for people temporarily in Australia who are owners or

       part owners of a business in a designated area of Australia