For the second time in 2013 the Department of Immigration and Citizenship has decided to alter its visa application fee structure. The Australian visa application fee restructure is due to commence on the 1st September 2013. Following the change which occurred on the 1st July 2013 where additional visa applicants such as partners and children
Australian Visa Application Fees Expected to Surge
Australia’s Treasurer Wayne Swan has indicated numerous Australian visa application fee increases to be included in the 2013 budget. The increases are expected to raise an additional $500 million and will serve as a mechanism in keeping the Budget on track for the promised $1.5 billion surplus this year. The expected reforms to visa application
Australian Visa Application Fees Set To Increase In 2012
The Australian government has recently announced that it will employ a new visa fee system starting on 1st January 2012. The changes will ensure that the applications are no longer subsidised by tax payers. It was said that the current applications fees do not cover the cost to the Commonwealth of processing the applications. In
Australian Visa Application Charges Set To Increase 1st July 2011
The has announced that a number of visa application charges are set to increase by 15 per cent from 1st July 2011. Tourist visas, student visas and second installment investor retirement visas will not be subject to a visa application charge increase. Meanwhile, second installment contributory parent visas will increase in accordance with aged care,
The Minister For Immigration, Announces Further Locations For Biometrics Collection
The Minister for Immigration & Citizenship has announced further locations for biometrics collection. Visa applicants lodging paper-based visa applications in the following designated locations will be required to provide fingerprints and a photograph as part of their visa application: Syria ( Damascus ) – beginning April 2011 Malaysia ( Kuala Lumpur ) – beginning April
Introduction Of A New Public Interest Criterion
Effective from 2 April 2011, the introduction of a new Public Interest Criterion will enable a refusal of a visa application when a visa applicant submits ‘bogus documents’ or information that is false or misleading. Where a visa applicant has had a visa application refused on this basis, any further applications submitted within a three