Form 47bu · Business and investment
Application for a Business Skills (permanent) visa
What this official form is for and who lodges it. The form itself is only ever the Department's own document; nothing is completed or submitted here.
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Purpose
Serves as the paper application for a permanent Business Skills visa for people seeking to establish or continue business or investment activities in Australia on a permanent basis.
Who lodges it
The visa applicant, with any accompanying family members aged 18 or over also signing the values statement.
When it is used
Used to lodge a permanent Business Skills visa application, whether applying to migrate from outside Australia or for permanent residence onshore, generally after completing the relevant state or territory sponsorship or notification form.
Visas that commonly use this form
The official visa page lists what an application actually requires.
Official form
Open the Department's own PDF or instructions page.
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