Business Migration

Migration advice

Migrating to another country is one of the great decisions of life. That decision is not made easily nor is it made on the spur of the moment. Australia actively encourages skilled and business migrants who make up the largest proportion of migrants. Skilled migrant visas are normally based on a points system with most points awarded for occupation, education, age and English language ability.

Business migrant visas are granted to applicants with capital and skills gained from working in their own business or to those who have been executives of large and non-government institutions.

There are various sorts of business visas, each with particular requirements – some of these requirements include:

• A set minimum level of ownership in a business prior to migration or
• Management at a senior level in the business
• The business must have attained a minimum level of assets and turnover
• The migrant must be under 55 years and have functional English

Specific requirements can be found at www.immi.gov.au. It is often confusing to interpret some of these requirements and there are many alternatives paths to migration to Australia which may not be obvious on first pass. The use of a reputable professional Migration Agent is the only way to ensure that all alternatives can be examined.

We have a panel of Migration Agents to whom we refer work. This panel consists of a number of firms who are approved suppliers to us and who specialise in certain sorts of Visa work – eg. students, large business, general business, skilled and individual etc. We also retain the services of lawyers who are also Migration Agents and who can advise on very specific legal aspects of Australian Migration law.