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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Regulations 2026

I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 19 February 2026

Sam Mostyn AC

Governor‑General

By Her Excellency’s Command

Julian Hill

Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

5 Definitions

Part 2—General charge and non‑commercial application charge

6 Amount of general charge

7 Amount of non‑commercial application charge

Part 3—Charge on basis of status of migration agent

8 Working out amount of charge

Part 4—Transitional provisions

9 Transitional provision for the commencement of this instrument

Schedule 1—Repeals

Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Regulations 1998

 

Part 1—Preliminary

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Regulations 2026.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

• Commencement information
• Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
• Provisions Commencement Date/Details
• 1. The whole of this instrument 1 April 2026. 1 April 2026

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5  Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) general charge;

(b) non‑commercial application charge;

(c) non‑commercial basis;

(d) registered migration agent;

(e) registration application.

  In this instrument:

Act means the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997.

repeat registration has the same meaning as in the Migration Agents Regulations 2026.

Part 2—General charge and non‑commercial application charge

 

6  Amount of general charge

 (1) This section applies to an individual making a registration application unless section 7 applies to the individual.

 (2) For the purposes of section 6 of the Act, the amount of general charge payable is as follows:

 (a) the amount of general charge payable on the making of an application for registration, other than repeat registration, is $1,760;

 (b) the amount of general charge payable on the making of an application for repeat registration is $1,595.

7  Amount of non‑commercial application charge

 (1) This section applies to an individual making a registration application who intends to provide immigration assistance on a non‑commercial basis.

 (2) For the purposes of section 6 of the Act, the amount of non‑commercial application charge payable is as follows:

 (a) the amount of non‑commercial application charge payable on the making of an application for registration, other than repeat registration, is $160;

 (b) the amount of non‑commercial application charge payable on the making of an application for repeat registration is $105.

Part 3—Charge on basis of status of migration agent

 

8  Working out amount of charge

  For the purposes of the definition of begins in section 3 of the Act, and paragraph (a) of the definition of remaining period in subsection 12(1) of the Act, the first day in the current period of a registered migration agent’s registration on which the agent begins to give immigration assistance otherwise than on a non‑commercial basis is the earliest of the following days:

 (a) the first day in the period on which the agent gives a client an estimate of fees before starting work on behalf of the client;

 (b) the first day in the period on which the agent charges a client a fee for services provided;

 (c) the first day in the period on which the agent is (or becomes) a person associated with, or a member of, an organisation that gives immigration assistance on a commercial, or for‑profit, basis;

 (d) the first day in the period on which the agent is not (or is no longer) giving immigration assistance as a member of, or a person associated with, an organisation that operates in Australia solely:

 (i) on a non‑commercial or non‑profit basis; and

 (ii) as a charity, or for the benefit of the Australian community.

Note: Charity has the meaning given by Part 2 of the Charities Act 2013 (see section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).

Part 4—Transitional provisions

 

9  Transitional provision for the commencement of this instrument

 (1) This section applies in relation to a registered migration agent who paid the non‑commercial application charge in relation to a current period of registration that includes the day this section commences.

 (2) Despite the repeal of the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Regulations 1998, that instrument continues to apply in relation to the registered migration agent for the purposes of Part 3 of the Act, as if that repeal had not happened, until the end of the current period of the registered migration agent’s registration.

Schedule 1—Repeals

 

Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Regulations 1998

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.