Investor stream (subclass 888B) visa - Supporting information

Have this visa

You must hold a Victorian nominated provisional Investor stream (subclass 188B) visa and held it for at least 3 years visa.

Investment in Victoria

You must show you have maintained a complying investment of at least A$2.5 million.

Read the Complying investments in Victoria section below for more information.

Live in Victoria

You must prove that you lived in Victoria for at least 2 years before applying for the permanent visa.

See Specific meanings section below for more information on ‘Establishing a Residence in Victoria’.

You met your nomination obligations

You must have:

• met the Victorian nomination conditions for provisional Investor stream (subclass 188B) visa, and
• met the conditions that you signed in the Nomination Conditions Form.

Comply with the Department of Home Affairs requirements

You must comply with the Department of Home Affairs requirements including minimum financial requirements.

Department of Home Affairs

The Department of Home Affairs is responsible for all visa matters. This includes once you have been nominated by the Victorian Government and have submitted your visa application.

Maintain contact and complete surveys

You must:

• notify us of any changes to your contact details, and
• participate in any new surveys from the Victorian Government.

Respond within 2 weeks

We may ask you for more information by email.

• You will have 2 weeks to provide the requested information.
• If you do not respond within two weeks, we may refuse your application.
• Please check your junk mail and ensure the email address no-reply-gems@liveinmelbourne.vic.gov.au is added to your list of valid email addresses.

Incomplete applications

You must submit a complete application, including all relevant evidence to support your eligibility claims.

Do not ask for an update on your application

Please do not ask for an update on your application. We assess all applications in order of when they were submitted.

The assessment team is also responsible for responding to enquiries and we prioritise assessment of applications. Unnecessary enquiries slow down application processing times.

Submit your application via the portal

You must submit your application and all documents via the Live in Melbourne portal. We will not accept any applications, or documents via email.

Withdrawal

You can withdraw your application at any stage. Please Contact Us to withdraw your application.

Nomination application fees

The Victorian Government does not charge any application fees for nomination.

False or misleading information

If you provide false or misleading information as part of your nomination application, you will be refused. We may also report it to the Department of Home Affairs who can conduct their own investigation.

We conduct verification checks on many of the documents you provide. This includes contacting institutions directly to confirm whether the documents are genuine.

If you are aware of instances, or yourself are pressured to submit an application with false and misleading information, we encourage you to report this to the Department of Home Affairs.

Review of nomination decision

If your nomination application is refused as you did not meet the eligibility requirements, you cannot request a review of your application.

If you believe that we made an administrative error in refusing your nomination application, you can submit a request for us to review the application.

For specific meanings related to all of Victoria’s business and investor visas, see our Glossary page.