Investing in visa application fees
The financial reality of the amount of funds needed for application fees can be an eye opening experience for many people considering their options for emigrating to Australia. Regardless of whether you are eligible, if your budget won’t allow you to pay your application fees in expedient manner when required, you need to seriously consider if this really is a process you can commit to. Collectively, once a skilled visa approval has arrived, a person may have invested close to AU$5,000 in associated fees in the entire application process (not including agent fees).
Pre-application skill assessments
There are a number of assessing bodies responsible for providing pre-application skill assessments and skilled employment assessments which is the first step in the skilled migration visa application process.
Here are a few examples of prices some assessing bodies currently charge:
Ranges depending on the particular occupation
- IT professionals – AU$450
- Teachers – AU$550
- Social Workers – AU$850-1000
- Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors – AU$600
- Vetassess (Professional occupation)- AU$630 (plus)
- Vetassess (Trade occupations) – AU$2,100
- Trade Occupations (Non-Vetassess occupations) – AU$600
- Australian Nursing Council – AU$825
- Engineers Australia (Professional engineers)– AU$500 – 650
- Accountants – AU$750
State sponsorship
Some states charge fees for state sponsorship applications as part of the state sponsored skilled visa subclass 176 requirements.
NSW – AU$240
ACT – AU$275
Visa application
Australian government visa application fee for offshore skilled migration visas (subclass 175 and subclass 176)
AU$2,960
Australian government visa application fee for offshore Australian partner migration visa (lodged with Australian High Commission London)
£1,355
Medical checks
Immigration approved doctors in Dublin and Cork charge
€270 per adult applicant
€255 per child (aged between 11-15)
€70 per child (under 11)
Police clearances
Irish garda clearances – Free
UK Police clearances – £35
