Immigration
National Innovation Visa.
Permanent Residence, On The Day It Is Granted.
Subclass 858 — formerly the Global Talent visa. No employer, no job offer, no investment and no age limit: what it asks for is an exceptional record in a sector Australia has decided matters, and one nationally recognised Australian willing to nominate you for it. Everything else we publish makes you wait years for permanence. This one does not.
One Australian Has To Vouch For You.
Australia introduced the National Innovation Visa to attract professionals who can drive technological advancement — prioritising artificial intelligence, renewable energy, cybersecurity, biomedical sciences and advanced manufacturing. The whole route turns on one person or organisation, recognised nationally in your field, signing a Form 1000.
Direct Permanent Residency
Successful applicants are granted immediate permanent residency, and may live, work and study anywhere in Australia without restriction.
No Age Limit
There is no upper age limit, which makes this route reachable for experienced professionals, entrepreneurs and researchers that the skilled visas cut off at 45.
Priority Processing
The Department of Home Affairs gives this visa priority, so decisions come faster than on most other skilled migration pathways.
No Sponsorship or Job Offer Required
Unlike the other skilled visas, this one needs neither employer sponsorship nor a formal job offer — only a nomination from a recognised individual or organisation in your field.
A Pathway to Australian Citizenship
Five years of lawful residence, and the minimum requirements met, opens eligibility for citizenship.
Security and Lifestyle
A secure environment and one of the highest standards of living anywhere in the world.
Healthcare and Education
Australian residency opens access to high-quality healthcare and education.
The Social Welfare System
Access to Centrelink — Australia's social security and assistance system — after two years of permanent residency.
Dual Citizenship Allowed
No requirement to renounce an existing nationality on taking Australian residency or citizenship.
Family Inclusion
A spouse or partner and children under 18 — or dependent children aged 18 to 23 — can apply alongside.
The Two Requirements People Misread
The nomination is not a job offer, and your nominator is not your employer. A Form 1000 nominator must be an Australian citizen, a permanent resident, an eligible New Zealand citizen or an Australian organisation, and must be recognised nationally in your field of expertise. They vouch for your standing. They do not hire you, sponsor you, or take on any obligation for your employment — which is why this route works for founders and researchers who have no Australian employer at all.
The AUD 167,500 is a capacity, not a payslip. The test is whether you can attract a high income — currently benchmarked at AUD 167,500 — or demonstrate strong future earning potential. Applicants regularly rule themselves out on this figure when they should not.
The Nomination, Tracked
This route is an evidence exercise. Awards, publications, patents, proof of earning capacity, and one Form 1000 from the right Australian. The Bayat Group panel holds all of it, shows you what is still missing, and puts your advisor a message away.
No Investment. Just Fees.
This route asks for no capital, no employer and no job offer. What it asks for is a nomination — and three fees, which fall in two different currencies.
Non-binding estimate
Published as a range, from USD 8,000 to USD 10,000. Both bounds are shown because the source does not say what decides between them.
One of these is paid to the Australian government and one to us. They are not added together, because they are not the same money.
Your partner and children can be included in this application and they receive permanent residence with you. The source page prices nothing for them, and the Department of Home Affairs does charge for dependants, so no figure appears below rather than an invented one. Ask us and we will price your household exactly.
Step six requires both, for you and for every family member on the application. Neither is priced on the source page, and neither is paid to us or to the Department. Both sit outside the subtotals below.
The source publishes all three of these figures with a bare dollar sign and does not name the currency. This sheet reads the consultation and legal fees as US dollars — which is how the General Skilled Migration page prices the same consultation — and the visa application fee as Australian dollars, which is the Department of Home Affairs' published charge for Subclass 858. Confirm both before relying on either. The AUD 167,500 figure is an earning capacity, tested as current income or strong future potential; it is not a fee and not a salary you must already be paid. Priority sectors, nomination requirements and the application charge are set by the Department of Home Affairs and move. Figures are indicative, non-binding, and confirmed during due diligence.
Seven Steps to Permanent Residence
Select a step to see what happens. Step two is the one nothing else can proceed without, and step four is the one you cannot file before.
Confirm Eligibility
Before anything else: you work in a priority sector — technology, health, energy, AgTech, advanced manufacturing — you hold international recognition and an exceptional track record, you can attract a high salary (currently AUD 167,500) or show strong potential to, and you can obtain a nomination from a recognised Australian individual or organisation in your field.
Talk It Through. Then Begin.
Our concierge answers your Subclass 858 questions in minutes — starting with the two that decide it, which are whether your sector counts as a priority one and whether your record will carry a nomination. When you are ready it opens your application where the conversation ends.
Sending opens your secure Bayat Group account, where an advisor picks the thread up.
Assessed against your own circumstances, in about five minutes.
- It asks about your circumstances, not your paperwork
- It names the trade-offs before you commit to a route
- It ends with the programs you actually qualify for
A scripted example. Your own assessment is private, and takes about five minutes.
Assessment
An adviser that reads your circumstances, then the rulebook.
40+ official programs, each with its own arithmetic. The assessment maps those rules to your situation in a short conversation and tells you where you actually stand.
- It asks about you, not about paperworkWhere your family is going, what your work needs, what you would not give up. Navigating the rules is our business, not your burden.
- Clear, unbiased reasoningWhen options pull in different directions, it calls out the compromise, detailing what each path costs you before you decide.
- A shortlist tailored to youNo generic marketing. Just the programs your profile actually unlocks, with realistic timelines and capital commitments.
Step one of three
Where should we send your code?
One address, one five-digit code. No password to invent, and nothing sent to you that you did not ask for.
Step two of three
Check your email
We sent a 5-digit code to . It expires shortly, so it is worth doing now.
Setting up your assessment…
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