Migration (LIN 20/003: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2020 (Cth)

Migration (LIN 20/003: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2020

I, Stephanie Cargill, Delegate of the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated   16 June 2020

Stephanie Cargill
Stephanie Cargill

Chief Finance Officer
Finance Division
Department of Home Affairs

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary  1

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

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

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

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

5  Repeal....................................................................................................................................... 1

Part 2—Payment of VAC, and fees, in foreign currencies  2

6  Exchange rates for payment of VAC, and fees, in foreign currencies...................................... 2

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

(1)     This instrument is the Migration (LIN 20/003: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2020.

(2)     This instrument may be cited as LIN 20/003.

2  Commencement

This instrument commences on 1 July 2020.

3  Authority

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

4  Definitions

In this instrument:

fee has the meaning defined in subregulation 5.36(4) of the Regulations.

ISO means International Organization for Standardization.

Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.

VAC means Visa Application Charge.

5  Repeal

According to subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, the instrument Migration (LIN 20/001: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2020 is repealed.

Part 2—Payment of VAC, and fees, in foreign currencies

6  Exchange rates for payment of VAC, and fees, in foreign currencies

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

(a)     a currency in which the payment of a VAC or a fee is to be paid is specified in Column 1 of an item in the following table; and

(b)     the exchange rate for the currency is specified in Column 3 for that item; and

(c)     the corresponding ISO code for the currency is mentioned in Column 2 for that item.

Note:          Payment of a VAC mentioned in this Section does not include a VAC mentioned in subregulation 5.36(3A) of the Regulations.

Currencies and exchange rates for the payment of fees
Item	Column 1 Currency	Column2 ISO code	Column 3 Exchange rate
1	United Arab Emirates Dirham	AED	0.41205
2	Bangladeshi Taka	BDT	0.01818
3	Bahraini Dinar	BHD	4.03372
4	Brunei Dollar	BND	1.06333
5	Brazilian Real	BRL	0.28487
6	Bhutanese Ngultrum	BTN	0.01999
7	Canadian Dollar	CAD	1.07674
8	Chilean Peso	CLP	0.00177343
9	Chinese Renminbi Yuan	CNY	0.21403
10	Colombian Peso	COP	0.00038215
11	Egyptian Pound	EGP	0.09621
12	Euro	EUR	1.64441
13	Fiji Dollar	FJD	0.67074
14	British Pound	GBP	1.87868
15	Hong Kong Dollar	HKD	0.19523
16	Indonesian Rupiah	IDR	0.000095603
17	Israeli New Shekel	ILS	0.4246
18	Indian Rupee	INR	0.01999
19	Jordanian Dinar	JOD	2.13438
20	Japanese Yen	JPY	0.0140345
21	Kenyan Shilling	KES	0.0143534
22	Korean Won	KRW	0.00123814
23	Kuwaiti Dinar	KWD	4.87211
24	Sri Lanka Rupee	LKR	0.0079759
25	Mongolian Tugrik	MNT	0.00057758
26	Mauritius Rupee	MUR	0.03928
27	Malaysian Ringgit	MYR	0.348
28	Nepalese Rupee	NPR	0.0125946
29	New Zealand Dollar	NZD	0.90902
30	Omani Riyal	OMR	3.94104
31	Papua New Guinea Kina	PGK	0.44972
32	Philippine Peso	PHP	0.02987
33	Pakistan Rupee	PKR	0.009219
34	Qatari Riyal	QAR	0.41819
35	Saudi Arabian Riyal	SAR	0.40279
36	Solomon Islands Dollar	SBD	0.18614
37	Singapore Dollar	SGD	1.06333
38	Thai Baht	THB	0.04645
39	Tongan Pa'anga	TOP	0.66762
40	Turkish Lira	TRY	0.22124
41	US Dollar	USD	1.51327
42	Vietnamese Dong	VND	0.000064606
43	Vanuatu Vatu	VUV	0.0134944
44	Samoan Tala	WST	0.56043
45	Central Pacific Franc	XPF	0.0137802
46	South African Rand	ZAR	0.08146