Migration to Australia

Australia is an attractive country for migrants, with its friendly, multi-cultural society, mostly mild climates and a strong, vibrant economy. Australia has a long history of attracting skilled migrants to its shores and the Skillled Migration Permanent Residency Visa was specifically designed to target migrants with outstanding skills and encourage successful business people to settle permanently in Australia and develop new or existing businesses to contribute to the Australian economy. Skilled Migration is now set to make up 58% of all migration in 2003.

We provide a friendly, comprehensive service from the initial evaluation of eligibility to full application and Visa processing. Our settlement service is designed to for a smooth transition for you in Australia.

Categories of Migration

Business Skills 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.

Business owners, senior executives and investors can apply for a visa under the Business Skills category.

Under the two-stage arrangements introduced on 1 March 2003, business migrants are granted a Business Skills (Provisional) visa for four years and, after establishing the requisite level of business or maintaining their eligible investment, are eligible to make an application for a Business Skills (Residence) visa.

A direct permanent residence category known as the Business Talent Visa is also available for high-calibre business migrants sponsored by State/Territory governments.

The Business Skills program is divided into four categories:

business owner: for owners or part-owners of a business (subclass 160/163);
senior executive: for senior executive employees of major businesses (subclass 161/164);
investor: for investors/business people willing to invest in Australia (subclass 162/165);
business talent: for high-calibre business people who have sponsorship from a State/Territory government (subclass 132).

Two of the larger categories of skilled migrants are the Skilled-Independent and Skilled-Australian Sponsored (SAS). Entry under both categories is dependent on a points test. The aim of the points test is to identify factors in a potential migrant that will either benefit Australia or help with settlement. The factors assessed depend on the migration category.

For Independent migrants they cover such areas as work skills (taking into account the acceptability of a person's qualifications in Australia and the amount of experience they have in their job), age and English language competency.

For SAS applicants, the above criteria apply, as well as family ties and the status of sponsors. (SAS covers family members such as non-dependent children, brothers, sisters, working age parents, nieces and nephews.). Bonus points are available to both Independent and SAS applicants for a range of criteria including:

skilled work experience;
occupations in demand;
Australian qualifications;
skilled spouse;
Australian work experience;
foreign language skills.

Further infomation on Migration is available at The Australian Government's Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs

Other Migration Categories

Spouse Parents Child Other Relative

Independent Skill Migration

Other Categories (discussed individually)

What we do to help you migrate to Australia

Evaluation Stage

We can provide you with information on Australia and discuss this with you, answer all the your questions, and ensure you are happy and comfortable with your decision to migrate to Australia.

We provide you with all the key regulations so you understand all the commitments, privileges and responsibilities of becoming an Australian Permanent Resident or an Australian Citizen.

We provide a list of all required documents and financial figures and discuss with you the likelyhood of a successful migration to Australia.