In recent years, the annual increase of Australian visa fees has become routine. And this year`s overall increase of 5.4%!
Immigration visa, spouse visa "lion open",
Some are more eye-popping and difficult to accept!
1. Visa fees in Australia have risen sharply
If visas in the United States are raising the threshold every year and are strictly examined, then the annual routine of Australian visas leaves only an increase in prices!
However, the time has reached the last month of fiscal year 2018 / 19, and July 1, which begins in the new fiscal year, is the time when Australia`s new measures and requirements will be implemented in droves! So visas will also pick this time to raise prices!
And this time the price increase is particularly large, in addition to tourist visas, the rest of the visa increase by as much as 5.4%! These visa fees are expected to generate an increase of A $275 million in revenue in fiscal year 2018-19.
Although there will be no increase in the secondary visa fee (Second instalment VACs), the visa fee for student visas, spouse immigrants and parents` visas will be increased by about $100 to $400.
The price increase also means that Australia`s front-line costs far exceed those of the United Kingdom, the United States and New Zealand, officially becoming one of the most expensive visa fees in the world!
two. List of fee increases for Australian visas
Next, we comprehensively summarize the detailed fees and price increases of all kinds of visas for you. I hope that according to your own situation, the visas that can be submitted early will be submitted early, otherwise the waste can be real gold and silver ah!
Warm Tip: the following price currency is Australian dollar, the data is for reference only, the price is officially announced on July 1 th.
The first is the student signing and skilled immigration visa that the foreign student cares about. If the increase in student visas is expected, then the increase of hundreds of skilled immigrants is a bit more!
Employer guarantee also rose between $100 and $200, within acceptable limits.
Business investment immigration visas have risen sharply! Most of the principal applicants rose by $300! May be the Australian immigration authorities think that you have all invested so much money and do not care about the visa fee of several hundred Australian dollars.
The increase in the price of spouse immigrants was expected to have been expected, and the increase in the principal applicant also reached a staggering $387A!
Parents` immigrants are also the biggest price increases, generally rising at about A $200. You know, paid parents, immigrants, contributions and 2nd.
VCA language training fees are not included in the price increase, combined with a new parents` temporary visa of $5000 for three years and $10000 for five years, friends who want to bring their parents are also a little deterred and difficult to accept.
In addition, visa fees for working vacation visas (462 / 417) rose from $450 to $474, and short-term work visas (400 / 4003 / 407 / 408) also rose by about $15.
In addition, there is no increase in the price of tourist visas, which proves that the increase in the price of Australian visas is mainly aimed at visas for long-term residence in Australia. If you want to travel or live in Australia for a short time, friends who play can feel at ease!
Coincidentally, since September 1, 2019, EA`s career evaluation is about to go up in price!
The increase is around $10 to $30. It is expected that the career assessment prices of other organizations will be released next month, which is estimated to be another big expense.
Finally, so the benefits of early delivery do not need to be repeated! Save visa fees, provincial career assessment fees, but also early in the long trial team queue, so these matters should be solved early, should not be late ah!
