As reported in the media, Global Enterprises Group can confirm that the Department of Immigration and Border Protection has announced a 50% increase to application fees for ALL partner visa subclasses from 1 January 2015. The changes are as follows:

• Provisional and permanent partner visas – currently $3085 increased to $4627.50
• Prospective marriage visa – currently $3085 increased to $4627.50
• Temporary and permanent partner visas – currently $4575 increased $6865.50

The reason given by the department is that this increase is to pay for “whole-of-government policy priorities”.

Any visa applicants wanting to avoid such a major increase in costs is encouraged to contact us at one of our offices asap.