澳大利亚：保护签证复核改为先付费 11月1日起申请先缴1863.50澳元
澳大利亚行政复审法庭（ART）宣布，根据修订后的《1994年移民条例》，自11月1日起，大多数保护签证决定的复核申请须在递交时先行缴纳1863.50澳元。此前，保护签证复核申请人在递交时通常无需缴费。
这笔费用针对拒绝或取消保护签证的决定，以及某些撤销既有保护认定的决定，金额为标准申请费的一半，其余余额可能视复核结果与个案情形再行缴纳。复核成功的申请人将获全额退款；若法庭认定申请无效或无法审理，费用同样退还。11月1日之后撤回复核申请的，一般不符合退款条件，仅法庭认定的极有限情形除外。
两类申请人可免缴预付费用：身处移民拘留中的非公民，以及案件可与另一份已缴费申请合并审理的申请人。新规主要适用于11月1日或之后作出的决定与递交的申请：在新规生效前已开始在线申请但未在11月1日零时（澳大利亚东部夏令时间）前提交的人，须重新开始申请流程并缴纳新费用；新规前递交的复核仍按旧制处理，即不成功者在收到账单后通常七天内缴费、成功者往往无需缴费。
同一修订文件还调整了与保护申请相关的过桥签证 B 的部分发放安排。这项收费调整在澳大利亚寻求庇护者支持团体中引发争议：难民咨询与个案服务中心（RACS）11月2日说，新规要求申请人在28天内筹得1863.50澳元，相当于六周的居留状态支持服务（SRSS）付款，呼吁恢复在复审结案时缴费的选项；政府则表示，预付费用意在减少无依据的申请。
Australia: Protection Visa Reviews Move to Upfront Fee of A$1,863.50 From November 1
Australia's Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) has announced that, under updated Migration Regulations 1994, reviews of most Protection visa decisions require an upfront fee of A$1,863.50 when lodging a review, starting November 1, 2026. Previously, protection visa review applicants typically did not pay a fee at the time of filing.
The fee applies to review applications related to decisions to refuse or cancel a protection visa, and to certain decisions to withdraw an existing protection finding. The upfront payment is half of the standard application fee, with the possibility of the remaining balance becoming payable depending on the outcome and specific circumstances of the review. Applicants who succeed in their review will receive a full refund; if the tribunal determines the application is invalid or is prevented from reviewing the decision, the fee will also be returned. Withdrawing a review application after November 1 generally does not qualify for a refund, except in very limited circumstances determined by the tribunal.
Two groups are exempt from the upfront charge: non-citizens held in immigration detention, and applicants whose cases can be combined with another application for which a fee has already been paid. The new regulations primarily apply to decisions and applications made on or after November 1. Individuals who began an online review application before the change but had not submitted it by 12:00 a.m. (AEDT) on Sunday, November 1, are required to restart their application and pay the new fee; reviews lodged before November 1 generally follow the previous system, under which unsuccessful applicants paid after the review concluded, typically within seven days of an invoice, and successful applicants were often not required to pay.
The same amendment instrument also introduces changes to certain Bridging Visa B grants for non-citizens connected to a protection application. The fee change has drawn criticism from refugee advocates: the Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) said on November 2 that the upfront fee amounts to six weeks' worth of Status Resolution Support Services (SRSS) payments and called for restoring the option to pay upon conclusion of tribunal matters, while the government states the upfront fee will discourage unmeritorious applications.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
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