Additional applicant charge
The additional applicant charge must be paid for each additional visa applicant when there is more than one visa applicant in a combined visa application. For some visas, the additional application charge might be nil.
The amount of the additional applicant charge depends on the visa type, the age of the applicant and whether the applicant is in or outside Australia at the time of lodgement.
Not all visas allow additional applicants to be included in or added to the visa application.
The additional applicant charge is only for people who are applying for the visa with you, or want to be added to your lodged, but not yet decided, visa application (if permitted).
Some visa applications ask you to list everyone in your family unit, even if they are not travelling with you. You do not have to pay the additional applicant charge for non-migrating family members.
Exemptions for the additional applicant charge
The additional applicant charge will be nil when the base application charge is nil for your application.
You do not need to pay the additional applicant charge for newborns that are born after you lodge your application, and before we have made a decision on the application.
Example of when the additional applicant charge is paid
Example of when the additional applicant charge
is paid:
- Yin applies for a Parent Migrant (subclass 103) visa in her home country, by lodging a paper application.
- When she applies, she includes her 50-year old husband as an additional visa applicant.
- Yin must pay the
base application charge for this visa as the main applicant and the
additional applicant charge for her husband (additional applicant 18 years or over) as an additional applicant.
The visa application charge is made up of:
1 x
base application charge of AUD4560 for Yin as the main applicant
+
1 x
additional applicant charge of AUD2280 for the additional applicant (18 years or over)
=
Total visa application charge of AUD6840
Example of when the additional applicant charge
is paid:
- Paul applies for a Student Visa (subclass 500) in his home country, by lodging a paper application.
- When he applies, he includes his 30-year old wife and 2-year old child as additional visa applicants.
- Paul must pay the
base application charge for this visa as the main applicant, the
additional applicant charge for his wife (additional applicant 18 years or over) and the
additional applicant charge for his child (additional applicant under 18 years old) as additional applicants.
The visa application charge is made up of:
1 x
base application charge of AUD650 for Paul as the main applicant
+
1 x
additional applicant charge of AUD485 for his wife as an additional applicant (18 years or over)
+
1 x
additional applicant charge of AUD160 for his child as an additional applicant (under 18 years)
=
Total visa application charge of AUD1295
