Access WA Mandurah

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PO Box 1640
Mandurah
Western Australia 6210

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Bunbury
Western Australia 6230

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Business Skills Migration

Australia's Business Skills Program encourages successful business people to settle in Australia and use their proven business attributes to develop business activity in Australia. They bring with them knowledge of overseas markets, business networks, cultural practices and languages other than English, as well as their specific business skills and experience.

Business migrants benefit Australia by:

developing international markets
transferring capital and making investments
creating or maintaining employment
exporting Australian goods and services
introducing new or improved technology
substituting Australian-made products for goods that would otherwise be imported, and
adding to commercial activity and competitiveness within sectors of the Australian economy.

Structure of the Business Skills Program

Since 1 March 2003, the majority of all Business Skills migrants enter Australia initially on a provisional (temporary) visa for four years and, after satisfactory evidence of a specified level of business or investment activity, may apply for permanent residence. These arrangements continue to provide for the entry of business owners, senior executives and investors.

The pathway to permanent residence is designed to give clarity and certainty to provisional business migrants and relies upon the establishment and management of genuine business activity in Australia.

High calibre business migrants may apply for a Business Talent visa to obtain direct permanent residence if they have high level business attributes and are sponsored by a state or territory government agency.

State Specific Initiatives

Australia is actively encouraging Business Skills entrants to set up businesses in regional, rural or low growth areas of Australia.

To assist this objective, the shared interests of State and Territory governments have been given greater priority in ongoing development of the two-stage processing arrangements.

Applicants may seek sponsorship from a state or territory government. Sponsorship provides access to concessional criteria, as well as enabling sponsors to attract the kinds of business people they are seeking to assist in the economic development of their specific areas. This also encourages applicants who are more committed to succeeding in business in Australia.