Conflicting media reports about whether Australia’s BIIP is closed or still open have confounded the market. James Hall clears up the confusion.
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Australia is closing down its entire suite of investor and entrepreneur programs, citing insufficient fiscal benefits and dubious applicants.
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The decision to de-prioritize BIIP visa processing has seen wait times extend from a few months to many years. Applicants feel short-changed.
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“The future of the BIIP is uncertain,” writes James Hall, pointing to new planning levels that will exacerbate the already huge backlog.
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Hoping to reduce 30-month processing times for business investor visas, Australia’s government is drastically restricting new applications.
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Vietnamese, Iranian, South African, Indian, and British applicants all saw approvals far above historical norms, even adjusting for the higher quota.
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The total investment amount for the Investor Visa will rise from AUD 1.5 to AUD 2.5 million on July 1st.
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Australia expects the majority of approved BIIP applications this year will come from the 24,000-strong backlog of cases.
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Processing capacity has tumbled since the onset of the pandemic, but Australia has plans to make up for lost investment this year.
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Australia is bringing wide-ranging changes to its extremely popular BIIP, cutting five categories and raising capital requirements.
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The Ministry is targeting “those who are going to grow Australian businesses, create Australian jobs and supercharge our economic recovery.”
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Capped at 6,862 applications a year, Australia’s BIIP is invariably oversubscribed. This, says the government, leaves room for significant price increases.
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The program’s largest fund manager says that, thanks to non-SIV follow-up investments, total FDI arising from the program may be close to A$50 billion.
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Close to 80,000 investor migrants and dependents have obtained Australian visas under the BIIP, but 18,682 applicants are “in the pipeline”.
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