Most employment/professional related skilled permanent residence visas for Australia are limited to main applicants under 45 years of age. There are some exceptions such as a high salary employee under the subclass 482 (temporary) to subclass 186 (permanent) transition scheme. The global talent visa is an exception as there is no age limit (although additional criteria applies to applicants who are 55 years or older). For investors, there are two pathways: the subclass 188 Investor with an investment requirement of 2.5 million Australian dollars has a normal age limit of under 55 for the main applicant, but this can be waived with support from the nominating state or territory government (some regions are more receptive than others); typically with an increased investment amount, and the subclass 188 Significant Investor visa has no age limit but requires AU$5,000,000 to be invested.
