BA2.5 Temporary class category (29/11/2010)

The temporary class category of the business immigration instructions is the Long Term Business Category (see BC). This is a special category of work visa, to which the generic elements of work visa instructions apply, in addition to the generic English language provisions that apply to the residence categories of business immigration instructions. Persons who are granted a work visa under the Long Term Business 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 class visa application is made. Such residence category requirements may differ from those that applied at the time that the person's Long Term Business Category application was made or at the time of the grant of the work visa under the Long Term Business Category.

Effective 29/11/2010