Australia will increase its visa application fee from 1st July

The Dept. of Immigration of Australia has announced a 5.4% increase in the visa application fee. This increment will be effective from 1^st July 2019.

The Dept. has also announced that the Visitor Visa fee would remain unaffected.

Here are some of the common visas and their fee:

Visa Type	Current Fee	Increased fee (from 1st July 2019)	Approximate increase
General Skilled Migration	$3,755	$3,958	$203
Student Visa	$575	$606	$31
Partner Visa	$7,160	$7,547	$387
Graduate Temporary Subclass 485	$1,535	$1,618	$83
TSS-MLTSSL	$2,455	$2,587	$132
TSS-STSOL	$1,175	$1,238	$63
Contributory Parent-1st installment	$340 to $3,855	$358 to $4,063	$18 to $208
ENS/RSMS	$3,755	$3,958	$203
Business Migration-Significant Investment	$7,310	$7,705	$395
Business Migration-Entrepreneur	$3,755	$3,958	$203

 

For Contributory Parent Visa applicants, there is some good news. There will be no increase to the second instalment of the Visa. The current fee is $43,600 per person, as per SBS News.

The fee increment will be applicable on visa applications that are submitted on or after 1^st July 2019. Visa applications which are submitted prior to 1^st July will not be affected by the impending visa fee increase.

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