Permanent employer-sponsored
workers
For Australian businesses needing to recruit highly
skilled workers where an employer has been unable to
fill their recruitment needs from the Australian labour
market or through their own training efforts.
Options for highly skilled
business owners, investors and senior executives
Temporary business stay leading to permanent residence
for successful business people wishing to settle in
Australia and develop new or existing businesses. A
direct permanent residence category is also available
for high-calibre business migrants sponsored by State
or Territory governments.
Business owners, senior executives and investors can
apply for a visa under the Business Skills category
at one of the three Business Skills Processing Centres
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 (see below).
The Business Skills program is divided into four categories:
