Visa Applications Charges Increase 1st July 2013

[Guest TeeTMI]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news

 

DIAC have announced the new visa application charges as of 1st July 2013.

http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/new-visa-charges-1july2013/proposed-visa-pricing-table.htm

 

Whilst the base applicant charge remains the same DIAC have introduced charges for additional applicants included in the visa application. For 189/190 & 186/187 applicants that means a base charge of $3060 plus additional charges of $1530 for additional applicants >18 and $765 for additional applicants <18 years of age.

[Guest Arbrodin]

Wow, I must show my ignorance of the visa system. I guess I am just at the beginning of my journey, I have applied to AMNAC for skills assessment and hope to apply to APHRA following. I was going to apply to skill select after obtaining registration and aim for either a sponsored post or permanent visa, I think these are 457 or ?189. I followed your link and I am completely confused. If I am the main visa applicant I have to pay the fees shown and second payments. Do these apply to partner and to my 2 kids. Would anyone give me an idiots guide to the visa process and costs. Thank you to anyone who tries. Paul

[Guest LKC]

From looking at it, you would pay the base application charge plus the additional applicant charges for your partner and two children. I think the second payment which is mentioned under the tables, is only payable if your/your partners English is less than functional.

 

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will be along soon.

[Guest Arbrodin]

Thank you, I will have to try to look into the costs, as my partner was schooled and born in the UK, that may help. Paul

[Guest TeeTMI]

For the 186/187 and 189/190 you are looking at:

 

Family of 4 (2 adults, 2 kids under 18) = $6120 (=$3060 main applicant, $1530 for partner and $765 x 2 for each child assuming they were both under 18 years of age.

 

For the 457 this has increased to $900 for the main applicant, additional adult applicants $900, under 18's $225 each.

So if you were looking at the 457 $2,250 for the visa application.

 

The second payments of $8,520 and $4,250 (shown on the tables) are for where an adult applicant cannot show they have functional English. If your partners first language is English and has a UK, or other exempt, passport they will not require to prove this, there are other forms of prove to avoid this charge as well.

[Guest Arbrodin]

Thank you so much for looking into this for me, it is quite a minefield. I am hoping that I have 2 opportunities for sponsorship, but was thinking of applying for the visa independently and taking a post. Thanks again. Paul

[Guest Mosa]

Yikes! In past month of so we've applied for our 457 and 186 visas. Glad everything got sorted for us to put in the applications before 1 July.