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Estimate your Australian student visa costs

Add up what you may need to pay when applying for an Australian student visa, the government application fee plus any costs you have been quoted.

how much an Australian student visa application may cost you

your family applicant charges, health insurance quote, and medical exam estimate

an estimated total with a breakdown, government fee shown separately from your own estimates

General information only — not migration advice. StudyVisaHub provides general information sourced from publicly available Australian Government publications. For decisions about a visa application, consult a Registered Migration Agent (MARN) or an Australian immigration lawyer.

Your application

Are family members also applying? — add their charges here (AUD)

If a partner or children will be included in the same application, enter the total additional charges quoted to you by DHA or your migration agent. No government-published figure exists for family applicant charges, enter exactly what you have been quoted.

Do you know your health insurance (OSHC) cost? — enter it here (AUD)

OSHC cost varies by approved provider and policy length. There is no government-set price — each provider (ahm, Allianz Care, BUPA, CBHS, Medibank, nib) sets their own rates independently. Enter your own quote, or leave blank. We cannot provide a default figure because no government-set price exists.

Compare approved providers: Overseas Student Health Cover — Private Health Insurance Ombudsman (Australian Government) — privatehealth.gov.au

Do you know your medical exam and biometric costs? — enter them here (AUD)

Medical exam and biometric costs vary by location and provider — confirm current costs when booking your appointment. Enter your own estimate, or leave blank, no verified government figure is available for these costs.

Your estimated visa cost

AUD 2,500

Government fee verified as at 2026-08-07. Health insurance and medical costs are based on the amounts you entered above.

Government visa application fee — primary applicant (Subclass 500)AUD 2,500

Government-set fee, effective 1 July 2026 — see official details below.

Family applicant charges: your estimateAUD 0

No verified government figure exists. Based on the amount you entered above.

Health insurance (OSHC): your estimateNot entered

Enter your OSHC quote above to include it in this estimate.

Medical exam and biometrics: your estimateNot entered

Enter your medical exam costs above to include them in this estimate.

Estimated totalAUD 2,500

Where an official figure cannot be verified, we say so, no false precision.

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Visa fee

Base application charge

The Department of Home Affairs sets this charge by regulation — it changes periodically.

AUD 2,500Current

From 1 July 2026

Department of Home Affairs — effective 1 July 2026

Only the current fee is shown. Earlier figures are not held as verified entries in StudyVisaHub's sources. Use the Visa Cost Calculator to estimate your full upfront cost.

Source figures and methodology — base application charge

Base application charge — primary applicant (Subclass 500): AUD 2,500 effective 1 July 2026. Source: Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2026 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2026 (F2026L00874) — Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au/F2026L00874) — retrieved 2026-08-07. Secondary-corroborated figure: the primary instrument's full clause text was not directly extracted via available tools at time of retrieval. This figure is cross-verified against multiple independent professional and legal sources reporting the same amount and effective date. For primary-verbatim confirmation, consult the instrument directly at the URL above or ask a registered migration agent.

Family applicant charges: No verified government figure is published. Enter any amount quoted to you directly.

Health insurance (OSHC): No government-set price. Pricing is set independently by each approved provider. Compare at privatehealth.gov.au.

Medical exam and biometrics: No verified figure available. Costs vary by location and provider.

Source: Department of Home AffairsUpdated: 7 August 2026View official source