VISA FEE WAIVER FOR STUDENTS AFFECTED BY COVID-19

To support the recovery of the international education sector in Australia, a new student visa visa fee waiver has been introduced.

A NIL (= $0) visa fee will be available for international students who need to lodge an additional student visa application, to complete their studies.

International students who held a student visa on or after the 1st of February 2020 and who were unable to complete their studies within their original visa, due to covid-19, will be eligible for the new visa fee waiver.

Students must:

  • apply for a new student visa after midnight on 5 August 2020

  • attach a 1545 COVID-19 IMPACTED STUDENT form, provided by their educational institution.

Students can be onshore or offshore. The visa fee waiver applies to new student visa applications only.

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