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Significant Investor stream (subclass 188) - visa listing page
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Significant Investor stream (subclass 188C) visa page (captured 2 Oct 2026, last updated 24 Sep 2026; most of the file is site navigation): stream closed 31 July 2024; nomination by a state/territory or Austrade; AUD5 million complying significant investment with proportions AUD1m / AUD1.5m / AUD2.5m (invited from 1 July 2021) or AUD500,000 / AUD1.5m / AUD3m (invited before), held for the life of the visa (4 years before July 2021), 30-day reinvestment; 40 days a year in Australia (or 180 for the spouse) for subclass 888; stay 5 years / 4 years 3 months / 4 years; PR after 3 years 11 months for pre-2015 applicants; Extension stream up to 7 and 9 years, at most 2 extension visas; second-instalment charges AUD9,795 / AUD4,890; Pacific/Timor-Leste concession from 1 July 2026 (no amount); EOI 2 years, 60 days to apply, investment usually within 70 days; document lists. No statistics. The AUD5 million threshold and the closure event were already in the data; added 22 rules. The base visa application charge is blank in the capture (filled by script) and not recorded. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
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Rules and prices (25)
- Investment in venture capital fundsSIV applicants invited before 1 July 2021 (Complying Investment Framework from 1 July 2015)AUD 500,0001 Jul 2015 – 30 Jun 2021 · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Investment in venture capital fundsSIV applicants invited on or after 1 July 2021AUD 1,000,0001 Jul 2021 – 31 Jul 2024 · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Investment in emerging companies fundsSIV applicants invited before 1 July 2021 (Complying Investment Framework from 1 July 2015)AUD 1,500,0001 Jul 2015 – 30 Jun 2021 · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Investment in emerging companies fundsSIV applicants invited on or after 1 July 2021AUD 1,500,0001 Jul 2021 – 31 Jul 2024 · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Balancing investment in managed fundsSIV applicants invited on or after 1 July 2021AUD 2,500,0001 Jul 2021 – 31 Jul 2024 · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Balancing investment in managed fundsSIV applicants invited before 1 July 2021 (Complying Investment Framework from 1 July 2015)AUD 3,000,0001 Jul 2015 – 30 Jun 2021 · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Complying investmentprimary applicant (family included)AUD 5,000,000Until 30 Jun 2021 · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Complying investmentprimary applicant (family included); invited on or after 1 July 2021AUD 5,000,0001 Jul 2021 – 31 Jul 2024 · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Second instalment fee, family membereach family member aged 18+ without functional English (second instalment)AUD 4,890Date not stated · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Second instalment fee, main applicantmain applicant aged 18+ without functional English (second instalment)AUD 9,795Date not stated · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Validity of an expression of interestSIV expression of interest in SkillSelect2 yearsDate not stated · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Time before eligible for permanent residenceSIV holders who applied before 1 July 2015: earliest point to apply for subclass 8883 years and 11 monthsUntil 30 Jun 2015 · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Holding period for the investmentSIV applicants invited before 1 July 2021: genuine intention to hold the complying significant investment4 yearsUntil 30 Jun 2021 · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Provisional visa validitySIV holders who applied before 1 July 20154 yearsUntil 30 Jun 2015 · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Provisional visa validitySIV holders who applied after 1 July 2015 and were invited before 1 July 20214 years and 3 months1 Jul 2015 – 30 Jun 2021 · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Provisional visa validitySIV holders invited on or after 1 July 20215 yearsSince 1 Jul 2021 · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Total stay allowed with the first extension visafirst Significant Investor Extension stream visa7 years after original grantDate not stated · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Total stay allowed with the second extension visasecond Significant Investor Extension stream visa9 years after original grantDate not stated · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Maximum age of a dependent childchild over 18 included in the application: must not yet have turned 23 and be dependent (no limit if unable to earn a living because of physical or cognitive limitations)23 yearsDate not stated · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Time limit to reinvest withdrawn fundsSIV holders switching between complying significant investments30 days (maximum)Date not stated · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Required physical presenceSIV primary visa holder, each year of the provisional visa, to qualify for subclass 88840 days per yearDate not stated · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Time to apply after an invitationtime to apply after an invitation60 calendar daysDate not stated · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Time to invest after the invitationtime to make the complying significant investment after the department's invitation letter70 days (usually)Date not stated · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Required physical presence of the spouse or partnerspouse or de facto partner of the SIV holder (alternative to the 40-day rule)180 days per yearDate not stated · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
- Maximum number of extension visasSignificant Investor Extension stream visas per person2 visasDate not stated · Australia Home Affairs 2026Australia · Significant Investor visa
About the document
What it covers Current (archived-visa) page: AUD5 million complying significant investment, post-July 2021 proportions, 40/180-day residence rule for the permanent visa, closure date 31 July 2024.
Notes Stored as a text capture: the page content is embedded as escaped JSON in the HTML and rendered by script, so the text was decoded from that JSON on 2026-10-02 (the capture also contains site navigation text; the original HTML is at the URL). Page showed "Last updated: 24/09/2026".
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