Pollyana

As posted where you asked elsewhere - There are some documents which are essential at the time of application, for all visas, those must be uploaded by the cut off. Additional documents can be added later, but it must be a valid application by 9pm Canberra time on the 28th.

Alan Collett

We don't have all our paperwork together yet so does anyone know if you can lodge your application online and then upload your paperwork at a later date?


=> Yes, this is do-able, but I would encourage as many docs as possible to be submitted when you e-lodge, maybe with a covering letter also submitted to say that documents x, y, z, etc are awaited and will be submitted once they are to hand.

Best regards.

commonwealth

eg IELTS and skills assessments

gizmoo

just got a shock when i got quote for myself wife and 2 kids €5160.00 this rules Aus out for us!!

trevnod

Yeah I was surprised the fee's went up by so much. I was quoted at $2600 odd for a 190 visa and now it's $3520 - jesus that just daylight robbery

Bermudashorts

Well it is a lot of money, but in all honesty if an extra $2000 rules Australia out for you, then you probably were not in the financial position to emigrate anyway. Visa fee is just the tip of the iceberg.

trevnod

No that's not what I was getting at but I see where your coming from. I'm all for increases as it's the way of life (sometimes) but not at that percentage.

George Lombard

And just when you thought it couldn't get any more expensive, the Department is now going to start charging credit card margins depending on the card used. Some cards will be free of this impost:

The surcharge which will be applied to credit cards is limited by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) surcharging standards. These standards allow merchants to pass on the cost of credit and debit card transactions to customers via a surcharge. The department will have three different rates, related to Visa/MasterCard, American Express/JCB and Diners. DIBP rates will differ marginally due to the varied costs of accepting cards for onshore and offshore payments.

The surcharge is based on accepted standards and consistent with the policy adopted by a number of government agencies and local councils.

For the Reserve Bank's policy, see http://www.rba.gov.au/payments-syste...ing/index.html .

cheers,

George Lombard

trevnod

So a visa debit, is that chargeable?