Program · Outcome 2: Support a united and prosperous Australia through effective coordination and delivery of immigration and citizenship policy and programs underpinned by robust integrity and assurance
Program 2.2: Visas
To advance Australia's economic interests and respond to Australia's changing security, economic, cultural and social needs through the effective management and delivery of temporary entry programs.
Department of Home Affairs, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 54 reported
$605m
2026-27 Budget estimate
+$50m (+9.0%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
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Published lines
Each row is one line of the program’s expense table in the 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements – Program Expense Line Items, as published.
| Line | Kind | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Treatment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departmental appropriation | departmental | $470m | $523m | +$53m +11.3% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 819 |
| s74 external revenue | departmental | $53m | $48m | −$5.7m −10.7% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 820 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | departmental | $31m | $34m | +$2.4m +7.6% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 821 |
| Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1) | administered | $102k | $105k | +$3k +2.9% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 818 |