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Australia Residence (skilled/innovation)
Australia · Asia-Pacific
Golden Visa / ResidencyResidency → citizenship pathOpenBusiness owners
- Min investment
- On request
- Time to status
- Invitation-based (EOI then 60-day lodge); processing varies
- Path to citizenship
- Direct PR; citizenship after ~4 yrs residence
- Residency requirement
- Standard PR residence obligations; no fixed annual minimum
- Visa-free destinations
- Not specified
- Dual citizenship allowed
- N/A (residency)
Notes for Chinese applicants
Significant Investor Visa (SIV) closed 2024. Henley now markets a skilled / business-innovator PR pathway (incl. National Innovation visa) — merit/talent-based, not a pure investment route. Path to PR then citizenship.
About Australia
- Healthcare
- ★★★★★
- Safety
- ★★★★★
- Cost of living
- High
- Climate
- Temperate
- China relations
- Cool / Western-aligned