As an important economic center that links the Southern and Northern economic hemispheres, and also bridges the Western and Asian world, Australia is a vibrant business environment that welcomes entrepreneurs to invest and do business in Australia. Its GDP per capita is on par with the world’s economic powers and its strategic geographical location makes it open to the global trade market.
In an attempt to attract foreign investors and business people, the Australian government has set up different categories for business visas.

· What are the visas for?
They have three main categories of business visas: business visas for short business visits, for provisional and permanent business development.

The Business Visits Visas are awarded to foreign nationals that plan to attend professional business conferences, meet up with future clients, negotiate contracts or conduct any other short term business goal in Australia.

The Provisional Business Development Visas are specially awarded to foreign national that plan to set up a business in Australia or manage and direct an existing one.

The Permanent Business Development Visas are awarded for the foreign national that have met the provisional development business visa requirement, and have had or conducted their business operations in Australia for a longer amount of time- usually longer than 2-5 years.

· Who can qualify
These Australian visas are specially awarded to skilled business people, senior executives, investors, and entrepreneurs showing genuine interest in establishing or managing business operations in Australia.

· Application procedures
You can look up Australian visa information, as well as research Australian visa requirements for each of the above mentioned business visa on the website of The Australian Government‘s Department of Immigration and citizenship , where you would be able to find the specific Australian visa form, as well as monitor the progress of your visa application.