The Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa program in Victoria reopened on 18 February 2019. Expressions of interest must be lodged through the Department of Home Affairs’ SkillSelect website for the following visas: Sc188 – Business Innovation Stream Sc188 – Investor Stream Sc188 – Entrepreneur Stream Sc132 – Business Talent (Permanent) visa – Significant Business History Stream Sc132 – Business Talent (Permanent) visa – Venture Capital Entrepreneur stream Details of the Victorian program are available at https://liveinmelbourne.vic.gov.au/migrate/business-investor-visas For further advice on your eligibility please contact us.
In a time where so many temporary visa holders in Australia are desperately searching for a means of remaining permanently, the Northern Territory Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA) offers new hope. The NT DAMA offers employers operating in the NT an opportunity to sponsor employees for a sc482 TSS visa under the labour agreement stream. They will still need to meet eligibility criteria including labour market testing, salary, English language and skills criteria. However, there are some concessions available and the DAMA provides a pathway to PR where only a short term TSS may otherwise have been available (or none at all). Applicants would need to be willing to live in the NT fo