BA2.5 Temporary entry category

The temporary entry category of the Business Immigration Policy is the Long Term Business Visa/Permit category (see BC). This is a special category of work visa, to which the generic elements of work visa/permit policy apply, in addition to the generic English language provisions that apply to the residence categories of Business Immigration Policy. Persons who are granted a work visa or permit under the Long Term Business Visa/Permit category will have the opportunity to apply for residence, including under the Entrepreneur category. Such persons will need to meet the relevant residence category requirements applying at the time that their residence application is made. Such residence category requirements may differ from those that applied at the time that the person’s Long Term Business Visa/Permit category application was made or at the time of the grant of the work visa or permit under the Long Term Business Visa/Permit category.

Effective 20/11/2002