To be eligible for a Business Innovation visa, you must be:

• Be under 55 years old.
• Have functional English.
• Be nominated by an Australian State or Territory government. 
• Score at least 65 points on the points test.
• Must have a successful business career
• Not have a history of involvement in unacceptable activities.
• For 2 out of 4 years before applying, you must have had an ownership stake in a business that had at least AUD 750,000 turnover for two years 
• You must own (in 1 or 2 businesses) at least:
  • 51% of the total value of the business if the business has less than AUD400,000 turnover per year
  • 30% of the total value of the business if the business has AUD400,000 or more turnover  per year
• You and/or your partner combined must have total net business and personal assets of at least 1.25 million. 

To be eligible for an Investor Stream visa, you must be:

• Be under 55 years old.
• Have functional English.
• Be nominated by an Australian State or Territory government.
• Intend to live in a specific State or Territory
• Score at least 65 points on the points test.
• Not have a history of involvement in unacceptable activities.
• Must have had:
  • have at least three years of experience managing qualifying businesses or eligible investments,
  • have a successful record and demonstrated a high level of management skill of suitable investment/qualifying business activity
• You and/or your partner must have total net business and personal assets of at least 5 million. 
• For at least 1 of the five fiscal years before applying, you must have directly managed one of the following:
  • a qualifying business in which you, your partner or you and your partner combined had at least 10% ownership interest, or
  • An eligible investment of at least AUD 2.5 million is owned by you and/or your partner.

If you were invited to apply, you must make a complying significant investment of at least AUD2.5 million and continue holding it for the life of your provisional visa. 

To be eligible for a Significant Investor visa, you must be:

• Be under 55 years old.
• Have functional English.
• Be nominated by an Australian State or Territory government agency
• Not have a history of involvement in unacceptable activities
• If you were invited to apply on or after 1 July 2021, you must make (on or after the time of application for this visa), a complying significant investment of at least AUD5 million when we invite you to and have a genuine intention to hold that investment for the life of your provisional visa.

To be eligible for a Entrepreneur Stream visa, you must be:

• Be under 55 years old.
• Have competent English.
• Be nominated by an Australian State or Territory government agency
• Receive an Invitation to apply for visa.
• You must be undertaking, or proposing to undertake, a complying entrepreneur activity in Australia. You must have a genuine intention to continue this activity.
• If you were invited to apply for this visa on or after 1 July 2021, you must be endorsed by your nominating State or Territory government agency to develop your entrepreneurial concepts.