Australia Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa - Significant Investor stream (Subclass 188)
This provisional visa requires you to invest at least AUD5 million in Australian investments that meet certain requirements and maintain investment activity in Australia.
- Route type
- Investment
- Can bring
- — Not stated in the official source
- Requirements
- 10 each quoted below
Who this route is for
Every item below is the government’s own wording, quoted from the official source. Whether you personally qualify depends on your full profile.
10 requirements quoted from the official source.
- Australian Government Debt Cleared
If you or any family members owe the Australian Government money, you or they must have paid it back or have an approved arrangement in place to pay it back.
- Be Able To Invest At Least Aud5 Million
You must make (on or after the time of application for this visa), a complying significant investment of at least AUD5 million.
checked 2026-07-26 - Character and security
You and family members aged 16 years or over who apply for the visa with you must meet our character requirement.
- Eligibility summary
First, you must submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). If an Australian State or Territory government agency accepts your EOI and nominates you, we will invite you to apply for this visa.
- Health Requirement
You and any family members who apply for the visa with you must meet our health requirement.
- Invitation Required
First, you must submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). If an Australian State or Territory government agency accepts your EOI and nominates you, we will invite you to apply for this visa.
- Language requirement
All applicants aged 18 or over at the time of application must either have at least functional English.
- Nomination Required
You must be nominated by an Australian State or Territory government agency or Austrade before being invited to apply for this visa.
- Not Have A History Of Involvement In Unacceptable Activities
You and your partner must have had no history of involvement in business or investment activities that are of a nature that is not generally acceptable in Australia.
- Not Have Had A Visa Cancelled Or A Previous Application Refused
We will consider your immigration history when we make a decision on your application.
- Australian Values Statement Required
You and your family members who have applied for this visa are 18 years of age or older at the time of application must have read... and sign an Australian Values Statement.
- Official Rights Text
With this visa, you can carry out investment activity in Australia, apply for a permanent Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent) visa (subclass 888) if certain requirements are met, work and study in Australia, and travel to and from Australia as many times as you want while the visa is valid.
- Official source basis
First, you must submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). If an Australian State or Territory government agency accepts your EOI and nominates you, we will invite you to apply for this visa.
- Official Stream
The official page identifies the Significant Investor stream.
- Report summary
First, you must submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). If an Australian State or Territory government agency accepts your EOI and nominates you, we will invite you to apply for this visa.
- Visa Subclass
The official page identifies this route as subclass 188.
Who you can bring
What the source prices
- Official Cost Text
From AUD18,335.00 (concessions apply in limited circumstances)
checked 2026-07-26
- Official Stay Text
Up to 5 years.
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Straight answers
01Who qualifies for the Subclass 188 to Australia?
This provisional visa requires you to invest at least AUD5 million in Australian investments that meet certain requirements and maintain investment activity in Australia.
Every answer is quoted from the official immi.homeaffairs.gov.au page for this route, last read 2026-07-26.
We checked 18 points against the official source; 18 are quoted on this page. The other 0 are either not addressed by the source or not yet backed by a quote — we would rather show you the edge of the record than fill it with a plausible guess.
See the 0 open points
Processing time is not published in the official source for this route. We publish a number only when the official text states that number.
Not stated in the official source — the official source names no exclusion for this route.
Where every quote comes from
Official government source immi.homeaffairs.gov.auLast read 2026-07-26 Every quote on this page is from this Australia government page.Other investment routes to Australia
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