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 agency
• 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 fiscal years before applying, you must have had an ownership stake in 1 or 2 businesses that had at least:
  
  • AUD750,000 turnover in each of those 2 years if you were invited to apply on or after 1 July 2021
• Whether you have 1 or 2 businesses, you must own at least:
  • 51% of the total value of the business if the business has a turnover of less than AUD400,000 per year
  • 30%, of the total value of the business if the business has a turnover of AUD400,000 or more per year, or
• When you are invited to apply for this visa, you, your partner, or you and your partner combined must have total net business and personal assets of at least:
  • 1.25 million if you were invited to apply on or after 1 July 2021.

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

• Be under 55 years old.
• Have functional English.
• Be nominated by an Australian State or Territory government agency
• 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 3 years' experience managing one or more qualifying businesses or eligible investments
  • have a successful record of eligible investment or qualifying business activity
  • have demonstrated a high level of management skill in relation to the eligible investment or qualifying business activity

• When you are invited to apply for this visa, you, your partner, or you and your partner combined must have total net business and personal assets of at least:
  • 5 million if you were invited to apply on or after 1 July 2021
• For at least 1 of the 5 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 owned by you, your partner, or you and your partner combined, if invited on or after 1 July 2021.

If you were invited to apply for this visa 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 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.