Increased visa fees to fund embassy makeovers Foreign students wanting to study in Australia will be forced to pay an extra 20 percent for their entry permits afer another hike in visa fees. Humanitarian arrivals, tourists and temporary residents who were hit with visa fee increases last year have been spared further pain. But students, business people, skilled migrants and certain family categories are going to be hit hard, with the new measures expected to raise $402.3 million over the next four years

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