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Booklet 7, Business Skills Entry

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Booklet 7, Business Skills Entry, has detailed information about migrating to Australia as a business person, and some general information about living in Australia.

If you want to migrate, you should use this booklet - it will help you understand what is required for migration, and how to fill in and lodge the application form.

Contents of the booklet

This is the information you will find in this booklet.

  1. General information
    • Obligations
    • Monitoring
    • Costs and charges
    • Dependants
    • Living in Australia
  2. Provisional visa categories
    • State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner (Provisional)
    • Business Owner (Provisional)
    • State/Territory Sponsored Senior Executive (Provisional)
    • Senior Executive (Provisional)
    • State/Territory Sponsored Investor (Provisional)
    • Investor (Provisional)
    • Designated Investment (for Investor categories)
    • State/Territory Treasury Corporations
  3. Permanent visa categories
    • State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner (Residence)
    • Business Owner (Residence)
    • State/Territory Sponsored Investor (Residence)
    • Investor (Residence)
    • Business Talent (Migrant)
  4. Health and character
  5. English language
  6. Preparing your application
    • Forms
    • Application charge
    • Other documents
    • Documentary checklists
    • Lodging your application
  7. Processing visa applications
  8. Business Development Agencies
  9. Terms you need to know

How to get the booklet

To access the free online booklet:

  • please click on the Booklet 7 link below
  • the booklet will then either display on your computer screen, or you will get a dialog box asking if you want to save the file
  • save the booklet file onto your computer
  • you can now open and print the booklet using the Adobe Reader.

See: Booklet 7 (230KB PDF file)

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Associated forms

These forms are packaged with the Business Skills Migration booklet – after you have read the booklet, print those you need.

  • Form 47BT - Application for Business Skills (provisional) visa (433KB PDF file)
  • Form 47BU - Application for Business Skills (migrant) visa (596KB PDF file)
  • Form 927 - State/Territory notification - Business Skills class ( 82KB PDF file)
  • Form 949 - State/Territory sponsorship - Business Skills class ( 75KB PDF file)
  • Form 1136 - Business Skills profile: Business Owner and State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner (provisional) ( 90KB PDF file)
  • Form 1137 - Business Skills profile: Senior Executive and State/Territory Sponsored Senior Executive (provisional) ( 92KB PDF file)
  • Form 1139 - Business Skills profile: Investor and State/Territory Sponsored Investor (provisional) (145KB PDF file)
  • Form 1213 - Business Skills profile: Business Talent (100KB PDF file)
  • Form 886 - Settlement details (105KB PDF file)

Further information

The information contained in this booklet should be used as a guide only as the requirements may change from the date of printing the booklet. Before you lodge a visa application you should check the website for the most current visa specific information.
See: Business People.