Australia has a population of 19 million. Most of them live along the east coast facing the Atlantic Ocean. In the early days, many people migrated to Australia from Europe. With the trend of more and more immigrants from Asian countries, Australia turned into a multi-cultural country. English is the native language of Australia, showing the intimate relationship to UK, US and other western countries. Australia enjoys a great reputation of being a friendly, quiet and comfortable country which has lead it to be an ideal place for travel and study.
Similar to most European regions, Australia experiences temperate weather for most of the year however its climate varies due to the size of the continent. The northern states have warmer weather while the southern states experience cooler winters. Australia is also one of the driest countries on earth with an average annual rainfall of less than 600 millimeters.
In Queensland, Northern Territory, and Western Australia, average summer daytime and nighttime temperatures are 29 and 20 degrees respectively; during cooler weather in July, the average daytime and nighttime temperatures are 22 and 10 degrees respectively. In Victoria, New South Wales, Southern Australia, and Tasmania, the average summer daytime and nighttime temperatures are 26 and 16 degrees respectively; during cooler weather in July, the average daytime and nighttime temperatures are 15 and 7 degrees respectively.
Since July 2012, Australia immigration has withdrawn visa applications by reducing the number from 13 visa subclasses to 3. Simultaneously, a new set of business immigration and entrepreneurship migrant schemes have been enforced. The three categories of visas currently available are:
Subclass 132: Business Talent (Permanent) Visa
Subclass 188: Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) Visa
Subclass 888: Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent) Visa
Subclass 188: Invest AUD$ 5 million to apply for a Significant Investor Visa (SIV), eligible for 4 years temporary residency:
Subclass 888: Permanent Residency Green card Visa Invest AUD$ 5 million in “SIV”:
Rating items | Rating details | Score |
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Family Property (over past 2 years) |
Over AUD$ 800,000 | 5 |
Over AUD$ 1.3 million | 15 | |
Over AUD$ 1.8 million | 25 | |
Over AUD$ 2.5 million | 35 | |
Business Background (applicable to entrepreneurs only) | Own shares for 4 years’ time for the past 5 years | 10 |
Own shares for 7 years’ time for the past 8 years | 15 | |
Sales (over the past 4 years) | Any 2 years, exceed AUD$50,000 / year | 5 |
Any 2 years, exceed AUD$ 1 million / year | 15 | |
Any 2 years, exceed AUD$ 1.5 million / year | 25 | |
Any 2 years, exceed AUD$ 2 million / year | 35 | |
Investment Background (applicable to investment only) | AUD$ 100,000 investment in the past 4 years | 10 |
AUD$ 100,000 investment in the past 7 years | 15 | |
Age | 18-24 | 20 |
25-32 | 30 | |
33-39 | 25 | |
40-44 | 20 | |
45-54 | 15 | |
Education Background | Australia bachelor / certificate | 5 |
Foreign Bachelor | 5 | |
Bachelor in business, science, technician | 10 | |
Language | IELTS: E5ach paper level 5 | 5 |
IELTS: Each paper level 7 | 10 | |
Other criteria | Above 1 years registered patent | 15 |
Above 1 year registered brand | 10 | |
Above 1 year joint venture | 5 | |
Any 2 years within past 4 years’ time: export accounts 50% or above of sales | 15 | |
Recognized contribution by State | 10 | |
Awarded by govt AUD$ 10,000 of (new business, marketing) or accept investment over AUD$ 100,000 | 10 | |
Business set up not more than 5 years, sales growth rate over 20% in 3 consecutive years. At least 1 year with more than 10 employees | 10 |
Procedures |
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Process Procedures | Time | Related Documents & Info |
Free Consultation | 1 day | |
Process clients' document after collecting all proofs | Client sign contract and pay deposit (70% of total) | |
Hand in "Express of interest" (mainly for 188 subclass) / formulate business proposal and apply for state authority guarantee | ||
Audit report from Australia auditors | Auditing fee charges | |
Hand in application to Australia Immigration | ||
Interview | ||
Body check | ||
Process Visa |