Hi All

In an act of blatant plagiarism, I have nicked a thread from British Expats, started by George Lombard of Austimmigration in Sydney.

The text is below:

In a substantial departure from previous practice, DIAC has released details of new fees to apply from 1 July (normally this information is not released until just before the increase applies). The most important point of note is that contributory parent second instalment payments are not being increased, eg for one parent applying for a subclass 143 visa the second instalment will still be A$31555 (plus the Assurance of Support).

The major relevant fees and increases are as follows:

A$190 becomes A$195 (except 457 applications which increase to A$250)
A$1390 becomes A$1420
A$2060 becomes A$2105

If lodging your application around the end of this month, bear in mind that a valid application requires the correct fee to be tendered.

Cheers,

George Lombard
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PO Box 257 Summer Hill NSW 2130

Additionally the fees for subclass 676 tourist visas will rise from their current $75 per person to $100 per person.

With my thanks to George Lombard for providing the information.

Best wishes

Gill