Australian Immigration Daily News

The purpose of the Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2020 (the Regulations) is to increase the Federal Circuit Court application fee for migration litigants.

The amendments made by the Regulations do not change who is liable to pay a Federal Circuit Court application fee, but provide that those individuals who are migration litigants are to pay a higher fee. The increase fee is commensurate with the Federal Circuit Court’s placement in Australia’s court hierarchy. The increased fees are also accompanied by a partial fee exemption provision, which allows individuals to pay a reduced fee where paying the full fee would cause financial hardship. The existing full fee exemptions also continues to apply.

 Source: Federal-Court-and-Federal-Circuit-Court-Fees-2020.pdf and Federal-Court-and-Federal-Circuit-Court-fees-2020-Explanatory-Statement.pdf