Business Innovation and Investment visas

For entrepreneurs, investors and business owners to continue their activity in Australia. 

This visa allows you to continue to live in Australia and undertake business and investment activities if you are currently on a provisional visa. It has five streams. Four streams allow applicants to be nominated by a state or territory government. 

The Business Innovation & Investment migration programme seeks to support and grow Australia’s national innovation system, 

The Business Innovation and Investment (Provisinoal) (188) visa is subdividewd into 5 princiapl stream and 2 extension streams:

• Business Innovation stream,
• Business Innovation Extension stream,
• Investor stream,
• Significant investor stream,
• Significant Investor Extension stream, 
• Premium Investor stream, and 
• Entrepreneur stream. 

Business Innovation Stream

• you must hold a subclass 188 in the business innovation stream,subclass 444 visa or certain holders of subclass 457 visa
• you must be able to show ongoing business involvement

Investor Stream

This visa lets you continue your investment activities in Australia permanently.

• you must hold a subclass 188 in the investor stream 
• you must have held a designated investment of AUD1.5 million for 4 years

Significant Investor Stream

This visa lets you continue your investment activities in Australia permanently.

• you must hold a subclass 188 visa in the Significant Investor stream or Significant Investor Extension stream
• you must have held a complying investment of AUD 5 million for 4 years

Premium Investor Stream

• you must have held a subclass 188 visa in the Premium Investor stream for 12 months
• you must have held a complying investment of AUD15 million for the duration of your subclass 188 visa

Entrepreneur Stream

This visa lets you stay in Australia indefinitely. You can apply if you hold a Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) in the Entrepreneur stream. It lets you continue your entrepreneur activities in Australia.

• you must have held a subclass 188 visa in the Entrepreneur stream for 4 years
• have lived in Australia for at least 2 years while on the above visa
• you must demonstrate a successful record of entrepreneurial activity in Australia while you held your subclass 188 visa