Application Form 1298I – Fill Out and Use This PDF

Citizenship fees

Form

1298i

Form 1300t
Application for Australian citizenship
– General eligibility	$260
Fee concession*	$40
Child/children under 16 years applying on the same
form as a parent	Nil
Fee exemptions**	Nil
Form 1290
Application for Australian citizenship
– Other situations	$130
Fee concession*	$20
Child/children under 16 years applying on the same
form as a parent	Nil
Fee exemptions**	Nil

*Fee concessions for forms 1300t and 1290

A fee concession is payable by people in receipt of certain Centrelink and Department of Veterans’ Affairs payments.

Holders of a Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card (PCC) or Health Care Card (HCC) with the relevant payment code listed below:

•a PCC or HCC with one of the following codes – AGB, AGE, CAR, DSB, DSP, NS, PA, PPP, SA, SL, WA, WFA, WFD or WID; or

•a HCC with the code SL and evidence that you have received the SL benefit for at least 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 code AGB, AGE, CAR, DSB, DSP, WFA, WFD or WID; or

–a HCC with the code SL and has received the SL benefit for at least 46 of the last 52 weeks.

•a PCC with the code PPS, and you are aged 60 and over and have been in receipt of PPS payment for 9 months or more.

Holders of a Department of Veterans’ Affairs Pensioner Concession Card for Age Service, Invalidity Service, Income Support Supplement or Partner Service.

To be eligible for the fee concession you will need to provide a certified photocopy of your concession card with your citizenship application.

**Fee exemptions for forms 1300t and 1290

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. A letter from the Child Migrants Trust confirming details of your arrival and sponsorship must be lodged with your application.

•Persons who have served for 90 days in the permanent forces of the Commonwealth of Australia. A letter or discharge papers from the Australian Defence Force specifying service dates must be lodged with your application.

There are no fee concessions for the application types listed below.

Form 118
Application for Australian citizenship by descent	$120
For first sibling applying at the same time	$120
For second and each subsequent sibling applying
at the same time	$95
Form 1272
Application for Australian citizenship by
children adopted under full Hague
Convention arrangements	$120
For first sibling applying at the same time	$120
For second and each subsequent sibling applying
at the same time	$95
Form 119
Application for evidence of Australian citizenship	$60
Form 128
Application for renunciation of Australian
citizenship	$285
Form 132
Application to resume Australian citizenship	$70
Child/children under 16 years applying on the
same form as a parent	NIL

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

Fees are specified in the Australian Citizenship Regulations 2007.

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 www.citizenship.gov.au

Citizenship Telephone 131 880 during business hours

information line in Australia to speak to an operator (recorded information available outside these hours).

If you are outside Australia, please contact your nearest Australian mission.