Migration (IMMI 18/064: Places and Currencies for Payment of Fees) 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
Delegate of the Minister for Home Affairs
Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

 

Contents

 

Part 1 – Preliminary

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Schedules

Part 2 – Places and Currencies

6  Places and Currencies for Payment of Fees

Schedule 1 – Places and Currencies for Payment of Fees

Schedule 2 – Repeals

Migration (IMMI 17/119: Places and Currencies for Paying of Fees) Instrument 2017 (F2017L01565)

 

Part 1 – Preliminary

1  Name

(1)      This instrument is the Migration (IMMI 18/064: Places and Currencies for Payment of Fees) Instrument 2018.  

(2)      This instrument may be cited as IMMI 18/064.

2  Commencement

This instrument commences on 1 July 2018.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under paragraphs 5.36(1)(a) and 5.36(1)(b) of the Regulations.

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.

Places means Australia and a foreign country.

Note: foreign country is defined in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 2 – Places and Currencies

6  Places and Currencies for Payment of Fees

(1)      For the purposes of paragraph 5.36(1)(a) of the Regulations:

(a)      a place specified in Column A of the table at Schedule 1 to this instrument, where a payment of a fee must be made.

(b)      a fee in subsection 6(1), does not include a visa application charge mentioned in subregulation 5.36(3A) of the Regulations.

(2)      For the purposes of paragraph 5.36(1)(b) of the Regulations, the currency specified in Column B of the table at Schedule 1 to this instrument, that must be used for payment of a fee in the corresponding place specified in Column A of that table. 


Schedule 1Places and Currencies for Payment of Fees

 

Places and Currencies for Payment of Fees

 

Column A

Place

Column B

Currency

Argentina

Argentine Peso

Australia

Australian Dollar

Bahrain

Bahraini Dinar

Bangladesh

Bangladeshi Taka

Bhutan

Bhutanese Ngultrum

Bhutan

Indian Rupee

Brazil

Brazilian Real

Brunei

Brunei Dollar

Cambodia

US Dollar

Canada

Canadian Dollar

Chile

Chilean Peso

Chile

US Dollar

China

Chinese Renminbi Yuan

Colombia

Colombian Peso

Cyprus

Euro

Egypt

US Dollar

Egypt

Egyptian Pound

Ethiopia

Ethiopian Birr

Fiji

Fiji Dollar

Germany

Euro

Ghana

Ghanaian Cedi

Greece

Euro

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Dollar

India

Indian Rupee

Indonesia

Indonesian Rupiah

Iraq

Jordanian Dinar

Iraq

US Dollar

Israel

Israeli New Shekel

Japan

Japanese Yen

Jordan

Jordanian Dinar

Kenya

Kenyan Shilling

Kiribati

Australian Dollar

Korea, Republic of

Korean Won

Kuwait

Kuwaiti Dinar

Lao People's Democratic Republic

US Dollar

Lebanon

US Dollar

Malaysia

Malaysian Ringgit

Mauritius

Mauritius Rupee

Mexico

US Dollar

Mexico

Mexican Peso

Mongolia

Mongolian Tugrik

Myanmar

US Dollar

Nauru

Australian Dollar

Nepal

Indian Rupee

Nepal

Nepalese Rupee

New Caledonia

Central Pacific Franc

New Zealand

New Zealand Dollar

Nigeria

Nigerian Naira

Nigeria

US Dollar

Oman

Omani Rial

Pakistan

Pakistan Rupee

Palestinian Authority

Israeli New Shekel

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Kina

Philippines

Philippine Peso

Qatar

Qatari Riyal

Russian Federation

Russian Ruble

Samoa

Samoan Tala

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian Riyal

Serbia

Euro

Singapore

Singapore Dollar

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands Dollar

South Africa

South African Rand

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Rupee

Syrian Arab Republic

Jordanian Dinar

Thailand

Thai Baht

Timor Leste

US Dollar

Tonga

Tongan Pa'anga

Turkey

Turkish Lira

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates Dirham

United Kingdom

British Pound

United States

Australian Dollar

Vanuatu

Vanuatu Vatu

Vietnam

Vietnamese Dong

Zimbabwe

US Dollar

 

Schedule 2Repeals

Migration (IMMI 17/119: Places and Currencies for Paying of Fees) Instrument 2017 (F2017L01565)

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.