Australian Immigration Daily News

BSMQ will issue business nomination invitations to selected visa subclasses on Friday 25 January 2019 until additional nomination quota has been filled. These visa subclasses include:

• 132A Business Talent visa (Permanent) – Significant Business History stream (excluding applications with an intention to invest in residential property development businesses in Brisbane and Gold Coast)
• 188B – Business Innovation and Investment visa (Provisional) – Investor Stream
• 188C – Business Innovation and Investment visa (Provisional) – Significant Investor Stream.

BSMQ will start processing expressions of interest (EOIs) which were lodged after 2 January 2019 in the above visa categories and will consider reopening 188A – Business Innovation and Investment Visa (Provisional) – Innovation Stream on a case-by-case basis.

The following conditions apply: 

• BSMQ will not accept a second EOI from the same applicant for renomination within six months of the first nomination being issued.
• BSMQ will no longer give a special endorsement for an age waiver from 25 January 2019 to 30 June 2019 if the applicant is over 55.
• BSMQ will only consider issuing invitations to applicants who have selected ‘Queensland only’ as their chosen state

Source: https://migration.qld.gov.au/latest-news/bsmq-to-re-open-business-program-for-selected-visa-subclasses/