Visa Program for 2017/18 and new application fees –
The budget tonight confirmed that the migration program will remain at 190,00 for 2017/18.
With the tightening of the company sponsored visas and the pro rata restrictions for the points test there seems a gap of around 30,000+ in the migration program. The new Kiwi visa will fill some of these but that seems room for an easing of the points test in some way.
Here is the statement on the 190,000 ..
Program numbers 2017/18
Here are the new DIBP fees from 1st July 2017
https://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/budget/visa-price-increase-fact-sheet-2017-18.pdf