Business Visa Statistics

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Business Visas

Aggregate data from survey of Business Skills class migrants shows that (for arrivals after 1 July 1999):

83 per cent are engaged in a business;
Each new business employed an average of 4.7 staff;
64 per cent of businesses had export earnings.
4 per cent of businesses had export earnings worth over $1 million;
13 per cent of those in business had an annual turnover of A$ 1 million or more;
On average, cumulative funds transferred to Australia by principal migrants were $843,000;
Average financial investment in the business was $325,000.

* Source DIAC official statistics

Program Levels

The Business Skills visa grant outcome for 2007-08 was 6565.

There are 7,500 Business Skills visas planned 2008/2009.

Source of Business Migrants

In 2007-08 the top 10 source locations of citizenship for Business Skills visa grants were:

China,
United Kingdom,
South Korea,
South Africa,
Malaysia,
Taiwan,
India,
Singapore,
Hong Kong and
Indonesia.

Settlement of Business Skills Migrants

33 per cent of business migrants settle in NSW;
15 per cent in QLD;
27 per cent in WA;
17 per cent in Victoria;
Other States and Territories - less than one per cent each.

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