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Australian Visa Fees 2023 – Rise 1 July 2023

by Jeff Harvie | Jun 30, 2023 | News, Visa Fees

Australian Visa Fees 2023 – Rise 1 July 2023 Every year it happens! Every 1 July Government visa charges (Visa Application Charges) rise. Some just a few percent. Some quite a few percent. We still remember how partner visa fees nearly doubled...

Australian Partner Visa or Tourist Visa – Hard Decisions

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 7, 2022 | Australian Visa Applications, Visa Fees

Tourist visas! Australian Tourist Visas from Philippines, and the changing immigration landscape. Different rules and different priorities and the standards change. We observe, and we pass the information on so you can better understand what to expect and what...

Government Visa Fee Increases – 1 July 2019

by Jeff Harvie | Jul 1, 2019 | Administration of visa applications, News, Visa Fees

Government Fee Increases – 1 July 2019 The Australian Government annual fee increase has been announced, and starts today 1 July 2019, and we will need to pass these on to all clients who have NOT had their applications lodged already. No, this is...

New Visa Application Charges – 1 July 2018

by Jeff Harvie | Jul 1, 2018 | News, Visa Fees

Australian Visa Fee Rise I bet THIS gets everyones attention! “Fee rise” and “fee increase” are no doubt two of the worlds most hated phrases, but yeah they do happen and we all know they are inevitable. And the Department (Department of Home...

Australian Visa Charge Increases 2017

by Jeff Harvie | May 10, 2017 | Visa Fees

Visa Application Charge increases – 1 July 2017 Australian Visa Application Charges (VAC), those sometimes painful payments to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) for Australian visa applications, traditionally go up every year on 1 July....

Why the Australian visa application charge disparity?

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 14, 2016 | Australian Visa Applications, Visa Fees

Why are tourist visas $135.00 and partner visas $6,865.00? Remember the old days of Government services being seen as “public service”? I vaguely do. These days it’s all “user-pays”, with the thinking being that those who use a service should pay for it and those who...