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Business Owner (subclass 890)
About the Visa
This visa is for people who own and manage a business in Australia. It allows you to stay in Australia indefinitely. To apply as a primary applicant, you must have a qualifying visa granted on a particular basis.
Cost
The visa costs AUD2,810.00 for the main applicant.
DURATION
This is a permanent visa.Â
It lets you stay in Australia indefinitely. The visa has a travel component that expires 5 years after the date of visa grant.
You become a permanent resident on the day the visa is granted.
Eligibility Requirements
- You must currently hold an eligible visa. Eligible visa means:
- You hold a visa in any of the following visa subclasses:
- Business Owner (Provisional) visa (subclass 160)
- Senior Executive (Provisional) visa (subclass 161)
- Investor (Provisional) visa (subclass 162)
- State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner (Provisional) visa (subclass 163)
- State/Territory Sponsored Senior Executive (Provisional) visa (subclass 164)
- State/Territory Sponsored Investor (Provisional) visa (subclass 165)
- Your current visa was granted to you on the basis that you, or your partner, or your former partner satisfied the primary criteria for the grant of that visa.
- You hold a visa in any of the following visa subclasses:
- You must have been in Australia as the holder of an eligible visa for a total of at least 1 year in the 2 years immediately before the application is made. The 1-year period does not have to be continuous.Â
- Own and manage a business
- Meet the assets and employees requirement
- Meet the health requirement
- Meet the character requirement
- Sign the Australian values statement
- Have paid back your debt to the Australian government
- Not have had a visa cancelled or a previous application refused
What can you do with this visa?
With this visa you can:
- Stay in Australia permanently
- Work and study in Australia
- Enrol in Australia’s public health care scheme, Medicare
- Sponsor your relatives to come to Australia
- Travel to and from Australia for 5 years
- If eligible, become an Australian citizen