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If you are submitting an application for a temporary visa from within Australia, whilst holding a temporary visa that you also applied for from within Australia the subsequent temporary application charge (STAC) may apply.
The STAC is an additional $700 fee for your visa application for each individual applicant based on their individual immigration history.
The STAC charge only applies if you meet both of the criteria detailed below:
1. You are applying for one of the following temporary visas, while you are inside Australia
- Subclass 408 – Temporary Activity
- Subclass 407 – Training
- Subclass 482 – Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS)
- Subclass 500 – Student
- Subclass 590 – Student Guardian
- Subclass 600 – Visitor
- Subclass 676 – Tourist
AND,
2. You currently hold, or the last substantive visa you held, was one of the following temporary visas, and you also applied for that visa when you were inside Australia.
- Subclass 401 – Temporary Work (Long Stay Activity)
- Subclass 402 – Training and Research – Occupational Trainee stream
- Subclass 402 – Training and Research – Research stream
- Subclass 407 – Training visa
- Subclass 408 – Temporary Activity visa
- Subclass 416 – Special Program
- Subclass 417 – Working Holiday
- Subclass 419 – Visiting Academic
- Subclass 420 – Temporary Work (Entertainment)
- Subclass 426 – Domestic Worker – Diplomatic and Consular
- Subclass 442 – Occupational Trainee
- Subclass 457 – Temporary Work (Skilled)
- Subclass 462 – Work and Holiday
- Subclass 482 – Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS)
- Subclass 500 – Student
- Subclass 570 – Independent ELICOS Sector
- Subclass 571 – Schools Sector
- Subclass 572 – Vocational Education and Training Sector
- Subclass 573 – Higher Education Sector
- Subclass 574 – Post-Graduate Research Sector
- Subclass 575 – Non-Award Sector
- Subclass 576 – Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector
- Subclass 580 – Student Guardian
- Subclass 590 – Student Guardian
- Subclass 600 – Visitor
- Subclass 602 – Medical Treatment
- Subclass 676 – Tourist
- Subclass 685 – Medical Treatment (Long Stay)
Exemptions
There are certain circumstances where the STAC won’t apply even if you meet both criteria.
These include:
- where the visa the applicant currently holds was granted when they were a newborn child as a subsequent applicant on a parents’ visa,
- where the visa was granted by ministerial intervention or operation of law,
- where the visa was granted without the applicant making an application (generally a Minister’s decision – think au pairs), or,
- an additional student visa application that was required because a previous education provider defaulted.
The STAC does not apply to the new Subclass 408 – Covid-19 Stream Visa
The Australian government has not indicated that there will be any reduction or removal of the STAC fee in response to the COVID-19 outbreak for any of the visas on the list above.
However, the STAC charge is not applicable where the base application fee for your visa is NIL.
The 408 visa in the COVID-19 stream does not have a base application charge and as such the STAC does not apply.
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