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Business Visa: State and Territory Sponsored Business Owner

To be eligible for the State and Territory Sponsored Business Owner (Provisional) Visa, you will need to show:

• You have been sponsored by an appropriate regional authority of a State/Territory government;
• You have an overall successful business career;
• For at least 2 of the 4 fiscal years immediately before the application is made, you had ownership interest in a main business, or main business that had an annual turnover of at least A$300,000; or
• You have had sound continuous business employment record in a senior management role in a qualifying business for at least 4 years immediately before the application is made and have demonstrated a high level of management skill as a senior manager. You would have operational and active management responsibilities, have management responsibility over other managers and would usually report directly to the general manager of the corporation. It is expected that the type of businesses which would be able to support such a management structure would usually be businesses with an annual turnover of at least A$1million;
• You, or you and your spouse combined, have business and personal assets with a net value worth of at least $A250,000 which are available for the conduct or establishment of a business in Australia and are lawfully acquired and available for transfer to Australia within 2 years of the grant of the visa;
• You, or you and your spouse combined, have business and personal assets, in addition to the assets mentioned above, that are of a sufficient net value to settle in Australia;
• You are aged less than 55 years at time of application, or you are proposing to establish or participate in a business that your sponsoring State/Territory has determined is of exceptional economic benefit to the State/Territory;
• You have not been engaged in a business where the provision of professional, technical or trade services has taken up more than 50% of your time;
• Neither you or your spouse have a history of involvement in a business or investment activities of a nature not generally acceptable in Australia;
• You have a realistic commitment to establish or participate in a qualifying business in Australia and maintain a substantial ownership and direct and continuous involvement in the management of that business;
• You have demonstrated there is a need to be temporarily in Australia to conduct or establish the proposed business activity; and
• You have signed a declaration that you understand your obligations as the holder of a State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner (Provisional) Visa.

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