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｜	Sat Jul 5 2003	｜
｜	Trade Promotion Initiatives in WA - you can participate!	｜
	[News] The Western Australian government's Department of Industry and Resources has released the "Hyogo and Kansai (Japan) - Western Australia Trade & Investment Initiatives Paper". Strategic initiatives include: [1] Japan and Kansai Market seminar series - a series of information seminars will be held in Perth and regional areas to highlight emerging business opportunities in Kansai [2] Hyogo Business Mission - The minister of Trade development Mr Clive Brown will lead a trade mission to Kansai and Hyogo in November this year and businesses interested in developing business in Japan are invited to participate. Want to know more? Contact us now. Email info@nichigonet.com or use our online enquiry form.

｜	Jul 2003	｜
｜	Business Migration Incentive Progam	｜
	Are you interested migrating to Australia and starting a business? There have been a number of changes to the business migration program, and in addition, state government authorities are offering incentive packages to attract migrants to their regions.

	If you are a business person or are interested in migrating to Australia to do business in Australia, there are a number of options available. The New Business visas system for Australia provides two pathways to entry into Australia for prospective migrants. These pathways are:

	.Pathway one
	[1] Direct permanent residence for high calibre business applicants sponsored by a State or territory Government. This visa is called the Business Skills - Business Talent (Migrant visa) (Class EA) S/Class 132. The purpose of the visa is to attract high calibre business people to Australia. For those persons who feel they do not fit the criteria for this visa there are a number of other options available in the two stage application process. Details of these options are below:

	.Pathway two
	[2] A two stage application procedure.
	Stage one - Provisional visas
	This visa is a 4 year visa during which time the visa holder must meet a number of criteria detailed below. The visa holder can then apply for a residency visa which will be a permanent visa. Key points about this visa include:
	・ State/Territory governments can sponsor people in line with economic development objectives ・ Age - all applicants must be under 45 years of age or if they obtain state sponsorship, under 55 years of age. It is also possible for people over 55 to obtain a visa if they are sponsored by a State/territory government and a case for exceptional circumstances can be made.
	Provisional visas available are:
	Business Skills (Provisional) (Class UR)
	Business Owner (Provisional) 160 Senior Executive (Provisional) 161 Investor (Provisional) 162 State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner (Provisional) 163 State/Territory Sponsored Senior Executive (Provisional) 164 State/Territory Sponsored Investor Provisional 165

	Stage two - Residency visas
	Processing at this stage is speedier as most of the information and processing is carried out at the provisional stage of the process. The visas available are:
	Business Skills (Residence) Class DF)
	Business Owner 890 Investor 891 State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner 892 State/Territory Sponsored Investor 893

	Role of State/Territory Governments
	A key objective of the Business Migration programme is to attract business migrants to specific areas of Australia targeted for economic development and population growth. State sponsorship is available for all the visa categories and the advantage of state sponsorship is that there are significant concessions available for people who apply for State/territory sponsored visas. If you compare the criteria to be met for each business visa category with the criteria for the equivalent State/territory sponsored category you can see the criteria for the sponsored visas are much more achievable. Some criteria such as the age requirements or English requirements can be waived altogether in exceptional circumstances for the sponsored categories. The State/Territory governments can determine what these circumstances are.
	If you are currently in Australia operating a business on a temporary business visa then there are two options available to you
	845 (Established Business in Australia) 846 (State/Territory Sponsored Established Business in Australia)
	Note: these visas are subject to a points test to check if you are eligible, look at the criteria and points tests for these visas
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	If you are interested in applying for a visa or want to know more please fill in the enquiry form and send it to us!


	* Please be aware that articles are valid at the time of writing.
	Visa laws change frequently in Australia and to obtain the most recent and relevant information we recommend contacting us directly.

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