Certain Visas for Australia require the investment in Migration Bonds.
More details can be found on the relevant State websites.
Queensland
Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC)
http://www.qtc.qld.gov.au
Requirements shown at June 2011, for QLD, were:
- Migration category : Investment amount
- Business Skills Migration : A$750,000 or A$1,500,000
- Investor/Sponsored Investor Migration : A$750,000 or A$1,500,000
- Investor Retirement Migration : A$250,000, A$500,000 or A$750,000
All the above were for 4 year terms.
South Australia
South Australian Government Financing Authority (SAFA)
http://www.safa.sa.gov.au/migration_bonds
Victoria
Treasury Corporation of Victoria
http://www.tcv.vic.gov.au/page/Individual_Investors/Designated_Investment_Bonds/TCV_Designated_Investment_Bond