A consultation process for a new Entrepreneur visa has started last week, seeking feedback on the proposed settings for the visa.
The Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Christopher Pyne, said Australia wants to attract the best and brightest entrepreneurial talent and skills.
“It is critical for Australia’s prosperity and growth, that we not only tap into the best entrepreneurial minds in Australia, but we also make it easier for talent from overseas to contribute to this country’s innovative future,” Mr Pyne said.
“It is critical for Australia’s prosperity and growth, that we not only tap into the best entrepreneurial minds in Australia, but we also make it easier for talent from overseas to contribute to this country’s innovative future".
“We are also keen to retain those educated and talented people, who have come to Australia and developed their knowledge base during their time in this country.”
The Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Peter Dutton, said the visa would help promote innovation and encourage individuals to take part in the consultation process.
“Under the National Innovation and Science Agenda, the new Entrepreneur visa will facilitate the entry to Australia and stay of entrepreneurs with innovative ideas and financial backing from a third party,” Mr Dutton said.
“I encourage individuals to provide their feedback as part of the consultation process to ensure the visa achieves the desired outcome.”
This visa will:
be a provisional visa for individuals who have obtained capital backing from a third party (details of appropriate third parties will be informed through consultation) to develop entrepreneurial ideas in Australia be established as a new stream within the existing Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) and the Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent) visa (subclass 888) be introduced in November 2016. The consultation process will go on until Friday 18 March 2016 and the date for the new visa being launched has been set at November 2016. There will be no cap on the number of visas being granted.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the country needs an “ideas boom” as two decades of economic growth based on a mining boom cannot go on forever.
“Australia needs to wake up and see that mining is stalling and that if we want the economy to carry on growing, we need new ideas, new companies and people who can make them work,” he said.
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection is seeking feedback on the proposed policy settings for the new visa – further information can be found on the Department’s website at: http://www.border.gov.au/about/reports-publications/discussion-papers-submissions
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