Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent) visa (Subclass 888)
The 888 visa is for masses who want to continue to own and manage a business in Australia, or to continue an investment activity in an Australian state or territory.
This subclass 888 visa has three streams:
The Business Innovation Stream
You need to fulfill the following additional requirements, if applying under the Business Innovation Stream.
- Activity in Business: You must have regularly lived in Australia and, for at least one of the two years immediately preceding the application, held a:
- Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) in the Business Innovation stream or the Business Innovation Extension stream, or
- A Special Category visa (subclass 444), or
- A Business (Long Stay) visa (subclass 457IE)
- Provide Evidence that you and your partner, jointly or singly:
- 51% of main business if annual turnover is less than AUD 400,000
- 30% of main business if annual turnover is equal to or more than AUD 400,000
- 10% of main business if it is a public listed company
- A permanent Business Innovation and Investment visa (subclass 888), or
- A permanent Business Skills Visa (in subclasses 890, 891, 892 or 893).
- At least two of the following 3 requirements must be fulfilled and proved by you and your partner, jointly or singly.
- Your nominated main business in Australia had business assets with a net value of more than AUD 200,000 throughout the year immediately preceding the application.
- Your personal and business assets in Australia had a net value of more than AUD 600,000 throughout the year immediately preceding the application.
- Throughout the year immediately preceding the application, you employed the equivalent of at least two full-time employees in your main business/businesses with such employees being:
- Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents, or holders of valid New Zealand passports, and
- Not your family members.
The Investor Stream
You must fulfill the following additional requirements, if applying in the Investor stream,
The Significant Investor Stream
You must fulfill the following additional requirements, if you are applying in the Significant Investor stream,
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