Migration (LIN 19/001: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2019 (Cth)

Migration (LIN 19/001: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2019

I, Sam Hatherly, Delegate of the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated 18.12.18

Sam Hatherly

Sam Hatherly

Acting Chief Financial Officer, Finance Division and

Delegate of the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs

Contents

Part 1 – Preliminary………………………………………………………………………….1

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

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

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

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

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

Part 2 – Foreign Currencies......................................................................................... 2

6  Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies................................... 2

Schedule 1—Currencies and Exchanges Rates for the Payment of Fees               3

Schedule 2—Repeals  5

Migration (IMMI 18/063: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2018 (F2018L00888)   5

Part 1 – Preliminary

1  Name

(1)     This instrument is the Migration (LIN 19/001: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2019.

(2)     This instrument may be sited as LIN 19/001.

2  Commencement

This instrument commences 1 January 2019.

3  Authority

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

4  Definitions

In this instrument:

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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

6  Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies

For the working out of the amount of payment of a fee, 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 Exchange Rate for the corresponding 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	0.36516
Argentine Peso	ARS	0.03613
Bangladeshi Taka	BDT	0.01605
Bahraini Dinar	BHD	3.57296
Brunei Dollar	BND	0.97237
Brazilian Real	BRL	0.35634
Bhutanese Ngultrum	BTN	0.01825
Canadian Dollar	CAD	1.03047
Chilean Peso	CLP	0.00197648
Chinese Renminbi Yuan	CNY	0.19387
Colombian Peso	COP	0.00043464
Egyptian Pound	EGP	0.07499
Ethiopian Birr	ETB	0.04859
Euro	EUR	1.54097
Fiji Dollar	FJD	0.63715
British Pound	GBP	1.74639
Ghanaian New Cedi	GHS	0.27739
Hong Kong Dollar	HKD	0.17111
Indonesian Rupiah	IDR	0.000088383
Israeli New Shekel	ILS	0.36707
Indian Rupee	INR	0.01825
Jordanian Dinar	JOD	1.89147
Japanese Yen	JPY	0.0118946
Kenyan Shilling	KES	0.0133588
Korean Won	KRW	0.00118496
Kuwaiti Dinar	KWD	4.42733
Sri Lanka Rupee	LKR	0.0078524
Mongolian Tugrik	MNT	0.00052723
Mauritius Rupee	MUR	0.03977
Mexican Peso	MXN	0.07007
Malaysian Ringgit	MYR	0.32258
Nigerian Naira	NGN	0.0037018
Nepalese Rupee	NPR	0.0114791
New Zealand Dollar	NZD	0.87524
Omani Riyal	OMR	3.49028
Papua New Guinea Kina	PGK	0.40719
Philippine Peso	PHP	0.02487
Pakistan Rupee	PKR	0.0103405
Qatari Riyal	QAR	0.37091
Russian Rouble	RUB	0.02037
Saudi Arabian Riyal	SAR	0.35773
Solomon Islands Dollar	SBD	0.17168
Singapore Dollar	SGD	0.97237
Thai Baht	THB	0.04099
Tongan Pa'anga	TOP	0.58494
Turkish Lira	TRY	0.23057
US Dollar	USD	1.34104
Vietnamese Dong	VND	0.000057636
Vanuatu Vatu	VUV	0.0120226
Samoan Tala	WST	0.50294
Central Pacific Franc	XPF	0.0129132
South African Rand	ZAR	0.0924

Schedule 2—Repeals

Migration (IMMI 18/063: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2018 (F2018L00888)

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.