Business Visa Australia

For business people to visit Australia for business purposes, for example, to attend a conference or training session, to conduct business with an Australia-based organisation, to conduct business negotiations or for an exploratory business visit, applicant’s can apply for temporary business visit visas. If your business plans are long-term and you are exploring options for investing and running a business in Australia then you may want to know more about options for long-term and permanent visas for Australia.

For business people who make a short business visit to Australia for up to three months. Business activities may include a conference, negotiation or exploratory business visit, but does not include acting, musical performances or commercial film making.

For business people who have an approved sponsor in Australia and are not eligible to apply for an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA). These apply to short business visits to Australia for up to three months.

Both 456 and 459 visas allow six weeks work if it is highly skilled work, for example senior managers, professionals, associate professionals and trades people.

For business people who need to make business visits to Australia for up to three months. This is available to passport holders from a number of countries and regions. An ETA covers:

• Attending educational or business related meetings, seminars, conventions, conferences, or networking; and

• Informal studies or training.

Business Development – Provisional

These visas, known as Business Skills visas, are for business people to establish a business in Australia, manage a new or existing business or invest in Australia. All, except the Investor Retirement visa, offers a pathway to permanent residence.

These visas, known as Business Skills visas, are for people who have established the required level of business in Australia while holding a provisional visa. A direct permanent residence visa is also available for high-calibre business people.

The purpose of this visa is to allow representatives of overseas suppliers of services to stay in Australia for between six and 12 months. The reason for the stay must be to negotiate, or enter into, agreements to supply services in Australia. You can only be selling or negotiating the sale of services – not products. For example: A sales representative of a company who is negotiating the supply of training services in Australia would be considered a service seller.

Sales representative who sell products, or trainers who deliver training courses, would not be considered a service seller.

Service sellers can bring any eligible secondary applicants with them to Australia – secondary applicants can work and study and after entering Australia, have no limit on the number of times they travel in and out of Australia.

If an Australian State or Territory government business agency wants to encourage a particular business or business person to Australia, it can offer to sponsor a visa applicant.

You may obtain sponsorship in the Business Owner, Senior Executive and Investor categories. You must obtain sponsorship in the Business Talent and Regional Established Business in Australia (REBA) categories. State and Territory governments have their own criteria for deciding whom they will sponsor. The State or Territory government business development agency can provide information on sponsorship.

If an applicant is sponsored by a State or Territory government, they must:

• Submit form 949 with their application for the Business Skills visa; and

• Ensure they meet all visa criteria for grant of their sponsored Business Skills visa