Any visa holder can own a business in Australia

Many people want to know what type of visa they need to have to own a business in Australia. To be frank, most visas don't prevent people from owning a business. However, working in a business is different.

For example, student visas allow visa holders to work for up to 40 hours fortnightly. That doesn't stop students from owning a business. Students can own a shop, and work in their business 40 hours fortnightly and the rest of the time, students can employ someone to run business on their behalf. They can be shop manager or whatever. 

All visa holders need to be careful that, they do not work over the work-right limitation that comes with their visa. It is important that every visa holder checks their visa conditions and strictly follows it.

They also need to take into account what will happen to the business when their visa is expired. They need to think about the "exit strategy" as well. Those temporary visa holders, be it; student or visitor visa, they cannot assume that they will keep on renewing their visa forever. Unless they have a plan for a longer term or permanent basis they will eventually apply for a permanent residence visa.