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The Business Short Stay Visa is one which the Australian Government provides for genuine overseas business visitors seeking short term entry to Australia of up to three months for purposes such as: official visits, to attend meetings, conferences, business negotiations, exploratory business visits to undertake training or building inspections.
This visa is for a single or multiple entry which provides for a stay of up to three months on each arrival. You cannot apply to stay longer in Australia on a further visa of this type.
This visa is for employers who would like to employ overseas workers to fill nominated skilled positions in Australia on a temporary basis. This visa is a business (working) visa. Its validity period is between between three (3) months and four (4) years.
This is the same as the Business Long Stay visa above but with concessions in relation to minimum salary to be paid and the skill levels required. The position must be first approved by a local certifying body. It applies to regional areas throughout Australia but not Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and high density population areas.
This visa is designed for self-funded retirees who have no dependants and who want to reside in Australia during their retirement years. The visa is temporary and will not lead to Australian permanent residence or citizenship. This visa is for people from overseas who are 55 years or older, have no dependants (other than a spouse who can be any age), are self supported, and are able to make a significant long term financial investment in Australia.
The visa allows you to stay in Australia for four years. There is an option to apply for further Investor retirement visas which will allow you to stay for a further four years; however you will need to meet the requirements to be granted a subsequent visa. As long as you continue to satisfy the visa requirements you can keep applying for subsequent Investor Retirement visas.
Below are the requirements you must meet to be eligible for an Investor retirement visa:
- You must be 55 years of age or older. Your spouse (if any) can be any age.
- You must be sponsored by an Australian State or Territory government agency (other than New South Wales or Australian Capital Territory).
- You must have no dependent children or other dependent family members other than a spouse. If you are married or in a de facto relationship, your partner must have no dependent children or other dependent family members.
- You must have assets valued at least A$750,000. These assets will enable you (or you and your spouse) to meet initial settlement and ongoing costs of living in Australia. The assets must be legally owned and lawfully acquired by you (or you and your spouse) capable of and available for, transfer to Australia.
- Exception: If you intend to live in regional Australia you must have assets valued at least A$500,000.
Note: You must have held all of the assets listed above for 2 years prior to you lodging your application, unless the assets are related to superannuation and/or inheritance. If you are intending to sell assets to enable transfer of funds to Australia, then please note that they should not be sold until you are advised to do so by your immigration case officer.
- You (or you and your spouse combined) must have access to a minimum net income of A$65,000 (for example, pension rights).
Exception: If you intend to live in regional Australia you must have access to a minimum income of A$50,000.
- You must be able to make a designated investment of A$750,000 in your name (or your name and your spouse's name), in the State or Territory in which you have been sponsored.
Exception: If you intend to live in regional Australia you must make a designated investment of A$500,000.
- You must have evidence that you, and your spouse (if any), hold an adequate health insurance package for the period of your intended stay in Australia. For health insurance to be considered adequate, it must be fully comprehensive or provide coverage that is at least equivalent to Medicare (including coverage of 85 per cent of costs for hospital, emergency, and general practitioner services) and provide coverage for pharmaceuticals. If you do not maintain adequate health insurance it may result in the refusal of future visa applications.
- You must have no intention of working full-time in Australia (you, and your spouse if applicable, will only be allowed to work up to 20 hours per week while in Australia.)
- You and your family must meet health requirements for you to enter Australia. You will require an examination from a doctor, and possibly a chest x-ray and further medical tests.
- You and your family must be of good character for you to enter Australia.
This visa is a temporary visa and is for people who are less than 55 years old who have a successful business career, and have a genuine and realistic commitment to be involved as an owner in a new or existing business in Australia. This visa is also the first step towards being granted a permanent Business Skills visa. You must be outside Australia when this visa is granted, unless you held a student visa at the time you applied.
You may be eligible for a permanent Business Skills visa after holding this visa for a minimum of two (2) years. To be eligible for a permanent Business Skills visa you must meet all the obligations of this visa and additional requirements of the permanent Business Skills visa you apply for. Meeting these requirements may take you longer than two (2) years. After two (2) years you may be eligible to apply for either a Business Owner (residence) or State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner (residence) visa. This visa is valid for four years.
To be successful under this category, the applicant must meet the following criteria immediately before the application is made:
- 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.)
- You must be sponsored by an appropriate regional authority of a State or Territory Government.
- You must have an overall successful business career.
- You must have an ownership interest in a main business (or two main businesses combined) with an annual turnover of at least AUD$300,000 in at least two of the four fiscal years immediately before you apply or you are a senior manager.
- Your (and your spouse's combined) total assets have a net value of at least AUD$250,000 and were legally acquired and are capable of being transferred to Australia within two years of being granted this visa.
- You have sufficient assets (additional to those above) to settle in Australia.
- You have not been engaged in a business where the provision of professional, technical, or trade services took up more than half your time.
- You (or your spouse) have never been involved in unacceptable business activities.
- You must have a commitment to maintain an ownership interest in a business in Australia and have direct and continuous involvement in management of that business
- You demonstrate there is a need to live in Australia on a temporary basis for business reasons.
- You must meet health requirements to enter Australia.
- You must be of good character to enter Australia.
The Occupational Trainee visa allows foreign nationals to complete structured and supervised workplace-based training programmes or academic research in Australia on a temporary basis. The training must provide people with additional or enhanced skills in their present occupations, tertiary studies or fields of expertise. This temporary visa is for people from outside Australia who want to improve their work skills through training with an Australian employer. An occupational training programme needs two parties a) an occupational trainee and b) an Australian based nominating organisation to provide the training.
An occupational training programme must:
- be closely related to the trainee's current occupation, field of study or area of expertise
- enhance the trainee's current skill level
- be at least 70% in a supervised workplace
- not adversely impact upon occupational opportunities for Australian citizens and permanent residents.
The nominator is expected to:
- design and deliver the occupational training programme within Australia.
- nominate an occupational trainee for a training programme
- monitor the participation of an occupational trainee in the training programme
- report to the department if the trainee leaves the programme before completion
The employing business will have to satisfy the processing office that a bona fide course of training is intended.
Trainees must meet one or more of the following requirements. They must:
- have been employed in their current occupation, studying or engaged in their field of expertise for at least the last 12 months (unless exceptional circumstances justify that a visa should be granted despite a shorter period of experience) or have recently graduated from a foreign educational institution and are seeking occupational training in a closely related field
or undertaking research in their field of study (other than full time research towards a further qualification).
- be at least 18 years of age (unless exceptional circumstances justify a visa being granted to a person under 18 years of age)
- have sufficient English to undertake the training programme and to ensure occupational health and safety standards are met
- have a genuine intention to undertake the occupational training programme
- have adequate health insurance
- be of good health and character
The medical practitioner visa allows foreign nationals, who are medical practitioners, to work in Australia for a sponsoring employer for three (3) months to four (4) years. This visa is for doctors (general practitioners and specialists). The doctors can be either overseas-trained doctors or overseas students who have completed their medical degree in Australia.
A medical practitioner visa needs:
- an Australian sponsoring organisation
- a medical practitioner who is sponsored and employed by the sponsoring organisation.
To be granted a temporary visa, the doctor must:
- have approval for registration to practise as a medical practitioner in the state or territory where they will be employed
- have an offer of full-time employment with an Australian employer such as a hospital, medical practice, area health service or similar body.
The main purpose of this visa is to allow opportunities for people between 18 and 30 to combine a holiday with work and supplement your funds with incidental work in Australia. You can do any kind of work in Australia. You are allowed to do any kind of work of a temporary or casual nature however you can only work with the same employer for up to six months.
You must depart Australia when your visa ends, unless you apply for another type of visa to extend your stay. A first Working Holiday visa cannot be extended beyond the 12 month validity period. However, if you have completed three months seasonal work in regional Australia on your first Working Holiday visa, you may be eligible to apply for a second Working Holiday visa.
People who have worked as a seasonal worker in regional Australia for a minimum of three months while on their first Working Holiday visa, may be eligible to apply for a second Working Holiday visa.
To be eligible for your ‘First’ Working Holiday visa, you must meet a number of requirements.
- be outside Australia when you apply and, when your visa is granted.
- not have entered Australia on a Working Holiday visa before
- be aged between 18 and 30 years (inclusive) at the time of applying
- be applying no more than 12 months before you intend to travel to Australia.
- not have dependent children (either at the time of applying or after the visa has been granted)
- hold a passport for a country or region participating with Australia in the Working Holiday Maker programme
Australia has reciprocal Working Holiday maker arrangements in effect with Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Republic of Korea, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Italy, Sweden, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
The Working Holiday Program visa application process is a very straight forward process and we would encourage you to apply for this type of visa personally with the Department of Immigration & Citizenship.
This visa allows people to travel to Australia to take a holiday or visit their family, usually to stay for a period of up to three months. The applicant must have an eligible relative in Australia or an Australian Government official willing to sponsor them.
The sponsor provides a guarantee that their visitor will leave Australia before the visa expires. Support from the sponsor is taken into account by the visa decision-maker. This visa is for you if you want to visit your family in Australia or to holiday in Australia for reasons other than business or medical treatment. You must be outside Australia when you apply for this visa. You are only allowed one entry to Australia for the validity of the visa and you will not be able to extend your stay.
This visa is for people who want to visit Australia for a holiday or recreation, visit family and/or friends, or study for up to three months. This visa may also be used for other short-term non-work purposes including study for less than three months.
This visa is for you if you are outside Australia and want to apply for a visa to visit Australia or in Australia and want to extend your stay as a visitor. The visa will allow you either a single or multiple entries to Australia for the period of the visa.
You can apply outside Australia for an initial period of up to 12 months or a shorter period or in Australia to extend your stay for a total duration of up to 6 months from the date of last entry on your current visa. Note: The period of stay granted will depend on the purpose of the visit and your personal circumstances.
International students studying in Australia on a student visa may require a guardian if they are under 18 years of age. There may also be exceptional circumstances where a student over 18 years of age may need a guardian for religious or cultural reasons.
The Student Guardian visa is for foreign nationals applying to stay in Australia as the guardian of a student who is studying in Australia. You are not eligible for a Student Guardian visa if you have a child under six years of age who has a passport for a country subject to Assessment Levels 3 or 4, under a Schools Sector (subclass 571) student visa.
This visa allows you to stay in Australia for the same length of time as the student for whom you will be the guardian. If the student is less than 18 years of age, your visa will usually be granted until the student turns 18 years. This visa permits multiple entries to Australia
To be eligible to qualify for a student guardian the nominated person must:
- be a parent, person who has legal custody, or a relative of the student for whom you will be guardian
- be at least 21 years of age
- be able to provide accommodation, general welfare and other support to the student.
You may be issued a student visa for study in Australia if you wish to undertake a registered full time course. A registered course is one offered by an Australian education and training institution which is registered with the Australian Government to offer courses to international students.
The visa you are issued is for the length of the study program and includes ‘multiple entry’ allowing you to travel backwards and forwards to Australia within the period for which is has been granted. If you wish to extend your stay in Australia for further study you will need to lodge an application for a further visa.
The main purpose of applying for this visa is to allow you to come to Australia and then marry your intended spouse and live as husband and wife. You must genuinely intend to marry your fianc￩(e). You must also genuinely intend to live with your fianc￩(e) as husband and wife.
This visa allows you to enter Australia and marry your intended spouse (fianc￩(e)) within the visa's nine (9) month validity period. Your fiance(e) must be either an Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen.
You must be outside Australia when you apply for this visa, and when the visa is granted.
If you are granted this visa, you must meet the following requirements:
- Enter Australia on this visa before you marry your fianc￩(e).
Note: If you are granted this visa and then marry your fianc￩(e) before entering Australia on that visa, your visa may be cancelled.
- Enter Australia by the specified initial entry date.
- Marry your fianc￩(e) while this visa is still valid, which is for nine (9) months after it has been granted. The marriage can take place either in or outside Australia provided you have entered Australia on this visa at least once before the marriage takes place.
- Before this visa expires, lodge an application for a Spouse visa in Australia to apply to remain permanently in Australia.
- Immediately notify the office handling your application if you change address or your circumstances change. Such changes in circumstances include you have a child with your fianc￩(e) or after you marry your relationship ends.
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