Migration Amendment – Visa Application Charge Refund.

The "Migration Amendment (Visa Application Charge Refund) Regulations 2024" introduced amendments to the Migration Regulations 1994. The amendments aim is to provide partial refunds for the Visa Application Charge (VAC) fee for those whom have applied for Student visas (Subclass 500) and Student Guardian Visas (Subclass 590). However, only selected countries within the Governments specified Pacific scope, as well as Timor-Leste will be eligible for the partial refunds under the amendment. The regulation contents express the specific procedures and relevant evidence required to process a successful refund. This refund balances the recent increase in VAC that had been in effect from the...