The Business Skills visa class of Australia's migration program encourages successful business people to settle temporarily and permanently in Australia and develop new or existing businesses.

A direct permanent residence category will still be available for high-caliber business migrants sponsored by State/Territory governments. This is known as the Business Talent visa.
The Business Skills program is divided into four categories:

1. Business Owner: for owners or part-owners of a business;
2. Senior Executive: for senior executive employees of major businesses;
3. Investment: for investors/business people willing to invest in Australia;
4. Business Talent: for high-calibre business people who have sponsorship from a State/Territory government.

In addition, the Business Skills program also has two categories for persons who are in Australia on temporary visas, other than the Business Skills (Provisional) visas:

• Established Business in Australia (EBA): for people temporarily in Australia who are owners or part owners of a business; and

• Regional established business in Australia (REBA): for people temporarily in Australia who are owners or part owners of a business in a designated area of Australia.