12/6/15
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection will increase many visa application charges on 1 July 2015.
These adjustments include:
- A price increase in line with inflation (2.3 per cent) of specific visas within the Permanent Migration Skill Stream, Skilled Graduate, Temporary Long Stay Business (Subclass 457), Visitor and Student visa streams.
- A 5 per cent price increase on visas within the Temporary Resident Short Term Business and Entertainment visas, Working Holiday visas, Resident Return and Retirement Investor visas, and Contributory Parent visa streams.
- A 10 per cent price increase on specific visas within the Other Family (Remaining Relative, Carer and Aged Dependent Relative) visas, and (non-contributory) Parent visa streams.
- A 50 per cent increase to the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) stream in the permanent migration Skill stream category.
- An alignment of VAC prices where a differential currently exists for lodging an onshore and offshore application for specific visa subclasses.