Form

Citizenship fees

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Form 1300t Application for Australian citizenship by conferral General eligibility Concession fee Child under 16 years applying on the same form as a parent Fee exemption for certain former child migrants and Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel Form 1290 Application for Australian citizenship by conferral Other situations Concession fee Child under 16 years applying on the same form as a parent Fee exemption for certain former child migrants and Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel Form 118 Application for Australian citizenship by descent Second and subsequent siblings applying at the same time Form 1272 Application for Australian citizenship by adoption Second and subsequent siblings applying at the same time Form 119 Application for evidence of Australian citizenship Form 128 Application for renunciation of Australian citizenship Form 132 Application to resume Australian citizenship $70 $285 $60 $120 $95 $120 $95 $130 $20 Nil Nil* $260 $40 Nil Nil*

Fees
Fees are specified in the Australian Citizenship Regulations 2007. Concession fee for Australian citizenship by conferral A concession fee is payable by people in receipt of certain Centrelink and Department of Veterans Affairs payments. Centrelink If you have a Centrelink Pensioner Concession card (PCC) with the relevant payment code listed below, this is generally sufficient evidence of eligibility for a fee concession. 1. If you are aged between 18 and 59 and are required to sit a citizenship test and hold: a PCC with one of the following codes: AGE, AGB, CAR, DSB, DSP NS, PA, PPP SA, SL, WA, WFA,WFD , , or WID; or a Health Care card (HCC) with the code SL and provide evidence that you have received the SL benefit for 46 of the last 52 weeks; or a HCC with the code PA, and evidence that you are the partner of a person who: holds a PCC with one of the following codes: AGE, AGB, CAR, DSB, DSP WFA, WFD or WID; or , holds a HCC with the code SL and has received the SL benefit for at least 46 of the last 52 weeks.

2. PCC holders with the code PPS aged 60 and over who have been in receipt of PPS payment for 9 months or more. 3. If you are not required to sit a citizenship test and hold: a PCC with one of the following codes: AGE, AGB, CAR, DSB, DSP NS, PA, PPP SA, SL, WA, WFA, , , WFD or WID; or a Health care card (HCC) with the code SL and provide evidence that you have received the SL benefit for 46 of the last 52 weeks; or a HCC with the code PA, and evidence that you are the partner of a person who: holds a PCC with one of the following codes: AGE, AGB, CAR, DSB, DSP WFA, WFD or WID; or , holds a HCC with the code SL and has received the SL benefit for at least 46 of the last 52 weeks.

Department of Veterans Affairs Holders of a Pensioner Concession Card for Age Service, Invalidity Service, Income Support Supplement or Partner Service. The Concession Card is generally sufficient evidence of eligibility for a fee concession. * Fee exemptions for Australian citizenship by conferral No fee is payable by British and Maltese former child migrants who came to Australia between 22 September 1947 and 31 December 1967 under the Commonwealth Child Migration Scheme OR persons who have served for 90 days in the permanent forces of the Commonwealth of Australia.

All fees are listed in Australian dollars (AUD) and correct at time of release.

Method of payment
In Australia
To make a payment, please pay by credit card, debit card, bank cheque or money order made payable to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. Debit card and credit card are the preferred methods of payment.

Outside Australia
Before making a payment outside Australia, please check with the Australian Government office where you intend to lodge your application as to what methods of payment and currencies they can accept and to whom the payment should be made payable.

Home page Citizenship information line

www.citizenship.gov.au
Telephone 131 880 during business hours in Australia to speak to an operator (recorded information available outside these hours). If you are outside Australia, please contact your nearest Australian mission.
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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, 2011