Australia’s Investor Visa Program
Australia’s Business and Investor program is designed to provide temporary and permanent residence pathways to individuals with significant business talent, or funds to invest into Australia. These visas are a useful way to obtain visas for high net worth individuals.
Simplified 188 visa eligibility
- the Business Innovation stream (points-tested) – for people who want to own and manage a new or existing business in Australia (and have total net business and personal assets of at least AUD $1,250,000 which are available for the conduct or establishment of a business in Australia) and an ownership interest in a main business that had an annual turnover of at least AUD $750 000
- the Investor stream (points-tested) – for people who want to make a designated investment of at least AUD $2.5 million
- the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) stream – for people who want to invest at least AUD $5 million into complying investments in Australia
- the Entrepreneur stream – for entrepreneurs with innovative ideas
Target market
- high net worth individuals
- successful business people
- globally recognised entrepreneurs