Australia National Innovation Visa (subclass 858)

Australia National Innovation Visa (subclass 858)

Explore Australia's National Innovation Visa (Subclass 858) in 2026, including eligibility criteria, key requirements, application process and processing time for Indian applicants.

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    Which occupation are eligible ?

    Industries heading here

    • Agricultural data analytics
    • Biologists/biotechnologists/synthetic biology specialists
    • Blockchain technology
    • Commercialization experience within the industry
    • Biosecurity, disease management and prevention
    • Alternate proteins for human and animal consumption
    • Foodtech
    • Precision engineering
    • Product packaging, authentication and verification
    • Predictive analytics for geospatial analysis, crop management and climatic forecasting
    • Wearable technologies, including trackers
    • Technologies for farm management, weather, seed optimisation, fertiliser and crop inputs, and irrigation, including drones, robotics and related capabilities
    • Precision measurement and/or application of farm inputs such as nitrogen and pesticides, gene editing, nanomaterials and synthetic biology.

    Industries heading here

    • Advanced visualisation technology
    • Artificial intelligence and machine
    • Learning technologies
    • Automation and robotics (for example, smart sorting technologies for recycling)
    • Traceability technologies (for example, experience with sophisticated material trading systems that make material sources more transparent to consumers)
    • Hydrogen technology
    • Clean technologies, renewables and hybrids (including solar, wind and wave power)
    • Battery/energy storage design (specialised, grid-scale and precursors for batteries)
    • Bioenergy and biofuels
    • Micro-grid design

    Industries heading here

    • Antimicrobial resistance
    • Biochemistry and cell biology
    • Biostatistics
    • Biotechnology
    • Biomedicine and bioengineering
    • Cell and gene therapies – genomics
    • Clinical trials
    • Commercialisation experience in the health industry
    • Digital health
    • Healthcare entrepreneurship
    • Health economics
    • Implantable and wearable devices (3D printed devices, bionics and prosthetics)
    • Infectious disease prevention
    • Medical devices
    • Medical physics
    • Microbiology and immunology
    • Nanotechnology and genomics
    • Neuroscience and neurology
    • Pharmaceuticals
    • Precision medicine
    • Point of care diagnostics
    • Regenerative medicine

    Industries heading here

    • Financial data science and analysis
    • Fintech cyber and data security
    • Cloud technologies
    • Software engineering and application programming
    • User experience including natural language processing
    • Digital assets including decentralized finance applications, digital asset marketplaces and non-fungible tokens (subject to Australian Government regulation)
    • Blockchain engineering (full stack developer or solutions architect)
    • Commercialisation experience in the health industry
    • Regtech
    • Wealth tech
    • Insurance
    • Neobanking
    • Digital wallets and cryptocurrencies
    • Automated and predictive financial advice
    • Next generation lending, investment and wealth/fund management
    • Platform banking and payments (such as contactless, DLT based layers, lightning network)

    What are the eligibility requirements?

    • You must be able to find work or become independently established in your field in Australia.
    • You must be internationally recognised, and your achievements must be exceptional and outstanding.
    • You must be nominated by Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident, an eligible New Zealand citizen, or an Australian organisation with a national reputation in your area of talent.
    • Your age is 18-55
    • You might need to show functional English (IELTS-4.5).
    • Meet health and character requirements.
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    What are the Visa fees?

    elegibility-requirements
    • Live and work in Australia on a permanent basis;
    • To study at Australian educational institutions;
    • To receive state-subsidised medical assistance through Medicare insurance and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS);
    • Receive social benefits (waiting periods may apply);
    • To apply for the citizenship of Australia in accordance with the established procedure;
    • To sponsor persons wishing to apply for an Australian immigration visa.

    What are the Visa fees?

    • 4110 AUD – main applicant
    • 2055 AUD – additional applicant over 18yo
    • 1030 AUD – additional applicant under 18yo
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