Business Owner (subclass 890)

Business Owner Visa

• hold a visa in any of the following visa subclasses:

• Business Owner (Provisional) visa (subclass 160)
• Senior Executive (Provisional) visa (subclass 161)
• Investor (Provisional) visa (subclass 162)
• State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner (Provisional) visa (subclass 163)
• State/Territory Sponsored Senior Executive (Provisional) visa (subclass 164)
• State/Territory Sponsored Investor (Provisional) visa (subclass 165)

• have lived in Australia on that visa for at least 12 months in the 2 years immediately before the application is made while holding this visa
• have owned and operated a business in Australia for at least 2 years immediately before the application is made
• for the 12 months immediately before you apply, you must evidence annual turnover in your main business (or 2 main businesses together) of at least AUD300,000
• for the 12 months immediately before you apply you must provide evidence that the nominated main businesses employed 2 full-time employees or the equivalent of 2 full-time employees. Employees must be Australian citizens, permanent residents or New Zealand passport holders and you cannot include yourself or members of the family unit