Migration (IMMI 17/084: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Amendment Instrument 2017 (Cth)

Migration (IMMI 17/084: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Amendment Instrument 2017

I, Steven Groves, Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, make the following instrument.

Dated   29 June 2017  

Steven Groves            

STEVEN GROVES

Chief Financial Officer and Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection 

Contents

Part 1 - Preliminary..................................................................................................... 1

1......... Name................................................................................................................................ 1

2......... Commencement................................................................................................................ 1

3......... Authority.......................................................................................................................... 1

4......... Definitions....................................................................................................................... 1

5......... Schedules......................................................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendments  2

Migration (IMMI 17/036: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2017

Part 1 – Preliminary

1  Name

(1)   This instrument is the Migration (IMMI 17/084: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Amendment Instrument 2017.

(2)   This instrument may be cited as IMMI 17/084.

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
The whole of this instrument.	Immediately after the commencement of the Migration (IMMI 17/036: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2017.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of Part 5 of the Regulations.

4  Definitions

In this instrument:

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.

Schedule 1 – Amendments

Migration (IMMI 17/036: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2017

1 Part 2 – Foreign Currencies

Repeal Part 2, substitute:

Part 2 – Foreign Currencies

6  Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies

For paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of  Part 5 of the Regulations, the following table specifies:

(a)  the currencies (Column A);

(b)  the corresponding International Standards Organisation code (ISO Code)(Column B); and

(c)         the corresponding exchange rate for the currency (Column C).

Currencies for Paying of Fees
Column A (Currency Name)	Column B (ISO Code)	Column C (Exchange Rate)
United Arab Emirates Dirham	AED	0.34696
Argentine Peso	ARS	0.08297
Bangladeshi Taka	BDT	0.01578
Bahraini Dinar	BHD	3.40646
Brunei Dollar	BND	0.92023
Brazilian Real	BRL	0.40387
Bhutanese Ngultrum	BTN	0.0198
Canadian Dollar	CAD	0.93798
Chilean Peso	CLP	0.00193
Chinese Renminbi Yuan	CNY	0.18491
Colombian Peso	COP	0.00044
Egyptian Pound	EGP	0.07053
Ethiopian Birr	ETB	0.05616
Euro	EUR	1.38169
Fiji Dollar	FJD	0.61411
British Pound	GBP	1.63688
Ghanaian Cedi	GHS	0.30458
Hong Kong Dollar	HKD	0.16376
Indonesian Rupiah	IDR	0.000095795
Israeli New Shekel	ILS	0.35136
Indian Rupee	INR	0.01981
Jordanian Dinar	JOD	1.80109
Japanese Yen	JPY	0.0114529
Kenyan Shilling	KES	0.01253
Korean Won	KRW	0.00113
Kuwaiti Dinar	KWD	4.1927
Sri Lanka Rupee	LKR	0.00849
Mongolian Tugrik	MNT	0.00053
Mauritius Rupee	MUR	0.03783
Mexican Peso	MXN	0.06768
Malaysian Ringgit	MYR	0.29223
Nigerian Naira	NGN	0.00407
Nepalese Rupee	NPR	0.01256
New Zealand Dollar	NZD	0.88403
Omani Rial	OMR	3.31994
Papua New Guinea Kina	PGK	0.40463
Philippine Peso	PHP	0.02559
Pakistan Rupee	PKR	0.01227
Qatari Riyal	QAR	0.35018
Russian Ruble	RUB	0.02237
Saudi Arabian Riyal	SAR	0.33997
Solomon Islands Dollar	SBD	0.16642
Singapore Dollar	SGD	0.91055
Thai Baht	THB	0.037
Tongan Pa'anga	TOP	0.55161
Turkish Lira	TRY	0.35441
US Dollar	USD	1.2741
Vietnamese Dong	VND	0.000056804
Vanuatu Vatu	VUV	0.01175
Samoan Tala	WST	0.49209
Central Pacific Franc	XPF	0.01158
South African Rand	ZAR	0.09562