- You must have established and operated a business in Tasmania for at least 12 months. The business must be solely owned or co-owned with your spouse.
- Your business must still have been in profit after paying yourself a salary of at least 85 per cent of the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (currently $67,509)*. This income must come from genuine business activity and not be significantly supplemented by non-business sources such as personal savings, loans from family, or other external financial support.
- You must demonstrate awareness of fair employment practices by completing key units from the Fair Work Ombudsman’s online learning centre.
- Owners of massage therapy businesses must have a related skills assessment and a verifiable health fund provider number.
- Subcontractors and independent contractors are not eligible under this pathway (refer to the Tasmanian Skilled Employment or Tasmanian Established Resident pathways).
* Your Australian Taxation Office Business Income Statement and Personal Income Statement for the most recent financial year must demonstrate that your business operated at a net profit after your personal taxable income of $67,509 was deducted.
Dependant family members must not be living in another Australian state or territory other than Tasmania.
They may be currently living overseas.
If they have relocated from another state or territory, they must have moved to Tasmania at least three months before applying for nomination.