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Business Innovation and Investment (permanent) visa (subclass 888)

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What investment option or options qualify?

The permanent Business Innovation and Investment (subclass 888) visa has three investment-substance streams reached from the corresponding subclass 188 provisional stream: the Investor stream (a designated investment or complying significant investment), the Significant Investor stream (a complying investment or complying significant investment, reached from the Significant Investor or Significant Investor Extension stream), and the Premium Investor stream (a complying premium investment held for the required period).

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What official minimum amount, tier or threshold applies to each relevant option?

The Premium Investor stream requires a complying premium investment of AUD15 million. The Investor and Significant Investor streams are described only as requiring 'a designated investment' or 'a complying investment or a complying significant investment'; the official source does not state a numeric threshold for them. Government fees are separate: the visa application charge is common across all five streams, from AUD4,375.00 (concessions apply in limited circumstances).

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Limits of the record
  • The numeric investment thresholds for the Investor stream and the Significant Investor stream are not stated on this overview page (only qualitative language: 'a designated investment', 'a complying investment or a complying significant investment'); those thresholds are documented on the dedicated Investor stream and Significant Investor stream route pages in this program.

How long must the investment be maintained and what continuing ownership, investment or physical-presence conditions are important?

The Premium Investor stream must be held for at least 12 months, and the complying premium investment (AUD15 million) must be maintained for the duration of the subclass 188 visa. For the Investor and Significant Investor streams, the qualifying investment must be held 'for the required period'; the official source does not specify that period.

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Limits of the record
  • The specific 'required period' for the Investor and Significant Investor streams is not quantified on this overview page; it is documented on their dedicated route pages.

Which family members can be included where officially stated, and what broad residence/work rights result?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which family members can be included or what residence and work rights they receive.

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Limits of the record
  • the page does not state whether family members can be included in the application
  • the page does not state travel or re-entry rights
  • the page does not state rights while the application is being processed

What status is obtained, how is it renewed, what longer-term residence/citizenship direction is officially stated, and what happens to the investment when relevant?

This is the permanent-residency endpoint of the Business Innovation and Investment programme: holders continue their entrepreneurial, investor or business ownership activities and live in Australia permanently. The official source does not state a travel facility, a citizenship pathway, or what happens to the underlying investment after grant.

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Limits of the record
  • This overview page does not state a travel-facility duration, a citizenship pathway, or the treatment of the underlying investment after grant; those details are addressed on each stream's dedicated route page.
  • Hub page — intro
    This visa allows you to continue your entrepreneurial, investor or business ownership activities and live in Australia permanently.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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