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Acceptable Payment Methods

Clients paying at the London office should complete the Payment Mandate below rather than complete the payment section on an application form. The Payment Mandate requests local information required for payment processing in the UK.

See: Payment Mandate

The London Office can only accept the following payment methods (neither Amex or cheque are acceptable):

• Maestro, Mastercard, Solo or Visa cards.
• Bank Drafts in pounds sterling and made payable to the 'Australian High  Commission'. Clients whose bank is outside of the UK must ensure they request a bank draft that can be ‘cleared’ in the UK and paid into a UK bank account. London cannot accept bank drafts in EUROs, Australian Dollars or any currency other than pounds sterling.

 Current application charges

The application charges change bi-annually on 1 January and 1 July as a result of the biannual foreign exchange rate indexation.Advice of current visa and citizenship charges is available on the main DIAC website.

Visa charges see: www.immi.gov.au/allforms/990i.htm
Citizenship charges see: www.immi.gov.au/allforms/990i/citizenship.htm
 

Common application charges London Office current at 01 Jan 2012.

 Unacceptable or Inadequate Payment

When the London office receives your application we check that you have paid by an acceptable method and that you have paid the current applicable charge. If there is a problem with either, an officer will contact you. We are unable to progress  your application until payment issues are addressed. To prevent undue delay, an officer will contact you by telephone or email you wherever possible.