Main Applicant Eligibility

Below are the requirements you must meet to be eligible for a State/Territory Sponsored Investor (provisional) visa. You must provide evidence of each of the requirements with your application.

Age

You must be less than 55 years old (except where the regional authority considers that the proposed business will be of exceptional economic benefit to the region).

Sponsorship

You must be sponsored by an appropriate regional authority of a State or Territory government.

Designated Investment

At the time of the decision you made a government approved Designated Investment of at least AUD750,000 in a state or territory of Australia. This amount must be available for transfer to Australia within a reasonable period when requested.

Business career

For at least one of the five fiscal years immediately before you apply:

• you have maintained direct involvement in either managing a qualifying business in which you (or you and your partner together) had an ownership interest of at least 10% of the total value of the business;
  or
• you maintainAUD750,000.

Business experience

You have a total of at least three years experience of direct involvement in managing one or more qualifying businesses or eligible investments.

You have demonstrated a high level of management skill in relation to an eligible investment or qualifying business activity.

Business record

You (or your partner) have never been involved in unacceptable business or investment activities.

Committed to business in Australia

You have a commitment to develop and maintain an ownership interest in a business in Australia and you must maintain direct and continuous involvement in the management of that business.

Net assets

The net value of your (or your and your partner's combined) assets was at least AUD1,125,000 for the two fiscal years immediately before you apply.

Health requirement

You must meet health requirements to enter Australia.
See: Health Requirements

Character requirement

You must be of good character for you to enter Australia.
See: Character and Penal Clearance Requirements

Application document checklist

The checklist provides all the information and supporting documents that you may be asked to provide with your application.
See: Application document checklist (73KB PDF file)

Australian Values Statement

If you are aged 18 years or over, you are required to sign an Australian values statement. The statement is included in your visa application form and all applicants aged 18 years and over will need to sign it to confirm that they will respect the Australian way of life and obey Australian laws. Before signing this statement you are required to have read, or had explained to you, material made available by the government on life in Australia which is contained in the Life in Australia book.

The Life in Australia book provides more information on the values that Australians share and their way of life.
See:
Australian Values - Overview
Life in Australia Book

 

Before lodging an application, please read all related eligibility requirements.
See: Other eligibility