Australia: Visa Measures and Application Fees for 2025

Key Points 

• Australia introduced new visa reform measures and visa application fees

Australia Immigration Reform Measures

Australia introduced several immigration reform measures and released further clarification on the immigration process. These changes include:  

• New Core Skills Occupation List (SCOL) includes over 70 new occupations. Categories like ICT support engineers and graphic designers were removed. 
• Streamlined Labour Market Testing: Simplified requirements for labor market testing. 
• Simplification of Immigration Processes: System-wide improvements to make processes more efficient. 
• New Skills Agency: An agency that identifies skills needs. 
• New Points System: A points system for permanent skilled migration. 

Australia also clarified its visa application fees:  

• The base application fee for the primary applicant is $3,115.   
• Additional applicants aged 18 and over incur the same fee of $3,115.   
• For applicants under 18, the fee is $780.    

These fees are applicable for both the Specialist and Core Skills streams.