Business Visa Statistics

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.