Australian Education and Migration Services

Investor Stream (subclass 188B)

Business Visa Types

This stream is a temporary visa with 5 years validity (if apply from July 1, 2021), applicable for people with certain investment experience who wants to invest at least AUD2.5 million in Australian investments that meet certain requirements and maintain business or investment activity in Australia.

To be eligible to apply for this visa, you must meet the following criteria:

Before grant of this visa, you are required to make a complying significant investment of at least AUD2.5 million to Australia. And you must hold complying significant investments continuously for the life of this provisional visa in the following proportions:

Factor Description Points
Age 18–24 years 20
25–32 years 30
33–39 years 25
40–44 years 20
45–54 years 15
55 and older 0
English language ability Vocational English 5
Proficient English 10
Educational qualifications Trade certificate, diploma or bachelor degree by an Australian education institute; or a bachelor qualification recognised by an educational institution of a recognised standard 5
A Bachelor degree in business, science or technology by an Australian institution; or a bachelor qualification in business, science or technology by an educational institution of a recognised standard 10
Financial assets Net business and personal assets of you, your partner or you and your partner combined in each of the preceding 2 fiscal years of at least:
Not less than AUD1,250,000 5
Not less than AUD1,750,000 15
Not less than AUD2,250,000 25
Not less than AUD2,750,000 35
Business turnover If you are invited to apply for the visa on or after 1 July 2021, you had an ownership interest in one or more main businesses that had an annual turnover in at least 2 of the 4 fiscal years immediately before the time of invitation to apply for the visa:
Not less than AUD750,000 5
Not less than AUD1,250,000 15
Not less than AUD1,750,000 25
Not less than AUD2,250,000 35
Business Innovation stream only
Business experience
You have held 1 or more main businesses before you were invited to apply for the visa for:
Not less than 4 years within the preceding 5 years 10
Not less than 7 years within the preceding 8 years 15
Investor stream only
Investor experience
If you are invited to apply for the visa on or after 1 July 2021, immediately before the time of invitation to apply for the visa you held eligible investments of at least AUD250,000 held for:
Not less than 4 years 10
Not less than 7 years 15
Business innovation qualifications Patents or designs registered not less than 1 year before that time and used in the day to day activities of the main business 15
Trademarks registered not less than 1 year before that time and used in the day to day activities of the main business 10
An ownership in and day to day participation in the management of one or more main business operated under a formal joint venture agreement/s entered into no less than 1 year before the time 5
An ownership interest in a main business/s that derives no less than 50% of its annual turnover from export trade 15
An ownership interest in a main buisness/s not more that 5 years before:
  • had an average annualised growth in turnover that was greater than 20% per annum over 3 continuous fiscal years; and
  • in at least one of the 3 fiscal years employed 10 or more employees for a total number of hours that was at least the total number of hours that would have been worked by 10 full-time employees
10
An ownership interest in a main business/s that received:
  • a grant from a government body in your home country of at least AUD10,000 for the purposes of early phase start up of a business, product commercialisation, business development or business expansion or
  • venture capital funding of at least AUD100,000 not more than 4 years before the time of the invitation for the purposes of early phase start up of a business, product commercialisation, business development or business expansion
10
Special endorsement The nominating State or Territory government agency has determined that your proposed business is of unique and important benefit to the State or Territory where the nominating government agency is located 10

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AEMS Case Studies

Client Z has been granted with Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) by Department of Home Affairs of Australian Government.

Client B has been granted with Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) by Department of Home Affairs of Australian Government.

Client Z has been granted with Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) by Department of Home Affairs of Australian Government.

Client Z has been granted with Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) by Department of Home Affairs of Australian Government.

Client W has been granted with Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) by Department of Home Affairs of Australian Government.

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