Business Visa

Australia has entry visas specifically for visits by business people.

Short-stay business visas - The Business (Short Stay) visa (subclass 456) allows the bona fide business person to make a visit to Australia of up to three months to conduct business - a conference, negotiation or an exploratory business visit. A single-entry or multiple-entry visa may be issued. If you plan to stay longer, please read Long Business Visits.

Long Business Visits to Australia - For longer stays, the Temporary Business Entry (Long Stay) visa caters for business entry of up to four years for:
· personnel (executives, managers and specialists) for companies operating in Australia · personnel from offshore companies seeking to establish a branch in Australia, participate in joint ventures, or fulfil a contract awarded to an offshore company
· personnel coming under a labour or Regional Headquarters agreement.

Business Skills Permanent Migration - The Business Skills visa class of Australia's migration program encourages successful business people to settle permanently in Australia and develop new or existing businesses.
The Business Skills program is divided into four categories:
· business owner : for owners or part-owners of a business;
· senior executive : for senior executive employees of major businesses;
· investor : for investors/business people willing to invest in Australia;
· business talent : for high-calibre business people who have sponsorship from a State/Territory government.
In addition, the Business Skills program also has two categories for persons who are in Australia on temporary visas, other than the Business Skills (Provisional) visas:
· established business in Australia (EBA): for people temporarily in Australia who are owners or part owners of a business; and
· regional established business in Australia (REBA) : for people temporarily in Australia who are owners or part owners of a business in a designated area of Australia.