Migration (IMMI 18/063: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2018

I, Stephanie Cargill, Delegate of the Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, make the following instrument.

Dated: 22 June 2018 

 

S Cargill

 

STEPHANIE CARGILL

Acting Chief Financial Officer, Finance Division and

Delegate of the Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Immigration and Border Protection.

 

 

Contents

Part 1 – Preliminary

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Schedules

Part 2 – Foreign Currencies

6  Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies

Schedule 1—Currencies and Exchange Rates for the Payment of Fees

Schedule 2—Repeals

Migration (IMMI 17/118: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2017 (F2017L01565)

Part 1 – Preliminary

1  Name

(1)      This instrument is the Migration (IMMI 18/063: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2018.

(2)      This instrument may be sited as IMMI 18/063.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences on 1 July 2018.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the Migration Regulations 1994.

4  Definitions

  Note:  A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act and the
  Regulations.

In this instrument:

Act means the Migration Act 1957.

ISO means International Organization for Standardization

Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.

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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.


Part 2Foreign Currencies

6  Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies

For paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the Regulations, the table in Schedule 1 specifies:

(a)   the name of the currency in Column A with that currency’s corresponding ISO code in Column B; and

(b)  the corresponding Exchange Rate for the currency specified in paragraph (a), in Column C.


Schedule 1—Currencies and Exchanges Rates for the Payment of Fees

 

 

Currencies and Exchange Rates for the Payment of Fees

 

Column A

Currency Name

Column B                ISO Code

Column C

Exchange Rate

United Arab Emirates Dirham

AED

0.33765

Argentine Peso

ARS

0.0613

Bangladeshi Taka

BDT

0.01495

Bahraini Dinar

BHD

3.30229

Brunei Dollar

BND

0.94771

Brazilian Real

BRL

0.36445

Bhutanese Ngultrum

BTN

0.01892

Canadian Dollar

CAD

0.97337

Chilean Peso

CLP

0.00206526

Chinese Renminbi Yuan

CNY

0.19691

Colombian Peso

COP

0.00044909

Egyptian Pound

EGP

0.07026

Ethiopian Birr

ETB

0.04556

Euro

EUR

1.52216

Fiji Dollar

FJD

0.61277

British Pound

GBP

1.74407

Ghanaian New Cedi

GHS

0.27961

Hong Kong Dollar

HKD

0.15801

Indonesian Rupiah

IDR

0.000089851

Israeli New Shekel

ILS

0.35097

Indian Rupee

INR

0.01892

Jordanian Dinar

JOD

1.75217

Japanese Yen

JPY

0.0115276

Kenyan Shilling

KES

0.0124373

Korean Won

KRW

0.00116137

Kuwaiti Dinar

KWD

4.13753

Sri Lanka Rupee

LKR

0.0079583

Mongolian Tugrik

MNT

0.0005196

Mauritius Rupee

MUR

0.03767

Mexican Peso

MXN

0.06755

Malaysian Ringgit

MYR

0.31914

Nigerian Naira

NGN

0.0034628

Nepalese Rupee

NPR

0.0118957

New Zealand Dollar

NZD

0.89805

Omani Riyal

OMR

3.22685

Papua New Guinea Kina

PGK

0.38833

Philippine Peso

PHP

0.02385

Pakistan Rupee

PKR

0.0107486

Qatari Riyal

QAR

0.34245

Russian Rouble

RUB

0.02043

Saudi Arabian Riyal

SAR

0.33088

Solomon Islands Dollar

SBD

0.16367

Singapore Dollar

SGD

0.94268

Thai Baht

THB

0.0397

Tongan Pa'anga

TOP

0.56752

Turkish Lira

TRY

0.30562

US Dollar

USD

1.23999

Vietnamese Dong

VND

0.000054582

Vanuatu Vatu

VUV

0.0116624

Samoan Tala

WST

0.48661

Central Pacific Franc

XPF

0.0127954

South African Rand

ZAR

0.10262

 


Schedule 2—Repeals

Migration (IMMI 17/118: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2017 (F2017L01565)

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.