The Australian Citizenship Amendment (Indexation of Fees) Regulations 2025, registered on 28 March 2025, applied the Consumer Price Index to citizenship application fees from 1 July 2025. For most people applying for citizenship by conferral under the general eligibility rules, the fee rose from AUD 560 to AUD 575.
Key facts
- Standard fee AUD 575 per application (was AUD 560)
- Concession fee AUD 80 (no change)
- Test not required AUD 350 (was AUD 345)
- From 1 July 2025
The changes
- general eligibility conferral: AUD 560 to AUD 575
- general eligibility with a Commonwealth pensioner concession card: AUD 80, no increase
- conferral where the citizenship test is not required: AUD 345 to AUD 350
- a new general eligibility application by someone who sat the test on an earlier application: AUD 345 to AUD 350
- citizenship by descent or adoption: AUD 360 to AUD 370
Fees that are nil stayed nil. The rise was the second under the annual indexation that began on 1 July 2024, and it was followed by a further increase to AUD 595 on 1 July 2026.
Why some fees did not move
The explanatory statement says indexation keeps fees in line with the cost of processing applications and delivering the citizenship programme. Small fees such as the concession amounts can stay the same in a given year because of rounding.
What this means
This item is for the record: anyone applying now pays the July 2026 amounts. If you lodged between 1 July 2025 and 30 June 2026, AUD 575 was the right standard fee. Home Affairs says the application fee includes the test, so there is no separate charge, and the fee change did not alter the test. If you sat the test on an earlier application and are applying again, the lower fee for previous test-takers may apply to you, so read the fee options carefully in ImmiAccount before paying. To prepare for the test, use the official Home Affairs preparation page.