Case Background

The applicant aged over 55. Had not been involved in substantial research activities for more than 10 years. The applicant had been holding a visitor visa which do not allow him with any work rights.

Case Deliberations

• Detailed submission focusing on the applicant’s level of international recognition could be realized through Australian domestic job offers and invitations to co-operate in areas of advanced manufacturing.
• Securing employment offer by Australian business to demonstrate the applicant’s exceptional contribution to Australian can be identified through what his technologies and patents could bring to Australian markets.
• Articulating the applicant’s ongoing communications to his businesses in his home country as the chief technologist could be used as evidence of his ongoing endeavours in his expertise.

Case Outcome

The applicant was successfully granted a GTI visa under subclass visa within 2 months.