The State sponsored business owner (Provisional)(Subclass 163) visa is the most popular choice of visa for potential business migrants around the world and it accounts for approximately 90% of Australian business visa applications made to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC).
Western Australia and Queensland governments would sponsor the majority of applications for this business visa.
The Subclass 163 business visa requirements are:-
- You are less than 55 years of age
- You owned a business which had turnover of at least A$300,000 for 2 out of the last 4 financial years and in those 2 years you managed the business on a day to day basis
- In addition, you must have owned at least:
- 51 per cent of the business where the turnover is less than AUD400 000 per annum., or
- 30 per cent of the business where the turnover is AUD400 000 or more per annum, or
- 10 per cent where the business is a publicly listed company.
- You have a successful business ownership and management background.
- Your net asset level is at least A$500,000 plus an additional amount for your settlement costs in Australia
- You have not been engaged in a business where the provision of professional, technical or trade services took up more than 50 per cent of your time
- You have a genuine commitment to engage in business activities in Australia and has demonstrate that Australia will benefit economically from the proposed business or investment
- State sponsorship approval
If you are business owner want to move to Australia consider applying for an Australian business visa, Mege Dalton of Business Visas Australia would be happy to provide you with an free assessment of your eligibility to apply for a business visa to Australia.
Dear Mege
we have applied for business visa 163 in 2009 and visited Australia in 2009 July on business research visa but when we sent our immigration application it was declined on basis that our skills did not meet our business plan which was advised by our agent in Pakistan. Now we are lost what to do .Please help us
Dear Maheen,
Unfortunately there is not anything you can do if your subclass 163 business visa was refused. You can make a new application but you must be show that you do have the necessary skills to carry out the business plan. If you want to speak to me about your case, please call +35314428643.
Kind regards,
Mege Dalton MARN 0501113
I really don´t understant the statement:
“• You have not been engaged in a business where the provision of professional,
technical or trade services took up more than 50% of your time;”
provided that i own a pharmacy, and i´m also a pharmacist, here in Argentina, and of course i´m in charge of the technical direction of that pharmacy. How can I get over this?
regards
jorge
Dear Mege
I was wondering if you know that: I would like to find out about my chances of getting a Western Australia State sponsored Business Visa. I have been running my own small tour broker business for the past two years, but the annual turnover is only 130 AUSD. Does that automatically mean that I won’t qualify for that visa? Who should I contact with this question?
Otherwise do you think that as a business owner I would have a chance to qualify as a Sales and Marketing Manager (it is on the Western Australia Priority Occupations List), but not on the General Skills list of Australia?
Thanks very much for your info, everything is very complex..
dear mege, my name is rishi and iam 22yrs old iam a permenant resident of australia my parents both above 56 years would like to buy a restaurant business in melbourne approximate cost of the business is around 55,oooAD I am an accounts graduate and has enrolled for CPA,august intake since 2007 i have been working at this indian restaurant .so is it possible for my parents to enter this business or should i do it
please let me know
dear mege
hi now we are in a business class in australia but now we want to change to a normal permanent residence please help us.
Hello Mege, my husband and I would like to apply for the business owner visa 163. My question is how long does it take to have a response wether negative or positive? Thank you in advance.
Hi Dear
I am a businessman and wants to migrate Tasmania under 163 categories. Please contact for further details.
fantastic grammer people!!
I wants to migrate Tasmania…. HAHAHAHA
I have already visited australia in 456 (Short stay business visa ) in May 2011. i have state sponsorship for 163 visa . i have more than five hundred thousand AUS Dollar Turnover in one year in my business. and have more than Five hundred thousand AUS Dollar Assest in shape of property. and i have more than one and fifty hundred thousand Aus dollar in shape of CASH in my bank accounts. i am doing a business in pakistan where i have not pay the Tax as per income level. should i apply the 163 visa for australia or not. and also know that tax returns documents is necessary for 163 visa
Hi Mega, i need some information about the business owner state sponsored visa which im holding and its expiring on, 20 jan 2014, and i have another 19 months left for the expiry of this visa, as a business owner visa i should get involved into business for 2yrs out of 4yrs, but i could not able to find the business, till last week, now i have find a business and im exchanging a contract of sale in another 10days,
1. can this visa extend for another 1year so that i can apply for the permenent residency after two years of this business ? if not what is the other way to keep alive the PR ?
thank you in advance… n waiting for ur reply.