Migration Regulations 1994 Specification of Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies 2016/035 (Conversion Instrument) IMMI 16/035 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies 2016/035

made under Subregulation 5.36(1A)

Migration Regulations 1994

Compilation No. 1

Compilation date:   1 December 2016

Include amendments up to: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies Amendment Instrument 2016/109

Prepared by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies 2016/035 that shows the test of the law as amended and in force on 1 December 2016 (the compilation date).

This compilation was prepared on 1 December 2016

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending law and the amendment history of provision of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

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Self-repealing provisions

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I, STEVEN GROVES, Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations):

1. REVOKE Instrument IMMI 16/001 (F2015L02120), Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currency 2016, signed on 22 December 2015; and

1. SPECIFY, in the table in the Schedule to this Instrument, for the purposes of paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the Regulations in :

a)Column A:  the foreign currency which the payment of a fee and/or a visa application charge, other than a visa application charge payment mentioned in subregulation 5.36(3A) of the Regulations, must be paid; and

b)Column B:  the International Standards Organisation code (ISO code) for the relevant currency; and

c)Column C: the exchange rate for the Australian Dollar for each relevant currency.

SCHEDULE

Column A (Currency Name)	Column B (ISO Code)	Column C (Exchange Rate)
United Arab Emirates Dirham	AED	0.34113
Argentine Peso	ARS	0.08622
Bangladeshi Taka	BDT	0.01628
Brunei Dollar	BND	0.93813
Brazilian Real	BRL	0.34808
Bhutanese Ngultrum	BTN	0.01883
Canadian Dollar	CAD	0.9611
Chilean Peso	CLP	0.00187
Chinese Renminbi Yuan	CNY	0.1933
Colombian Peso	COP	0.00041
Egyptian Pound	EGP	0.07935
Ethiopian Birr	ETB	0.05894
Euro	EUR	1.41588
Fiji Dollar	FJD	0.60738
British Pound	GBP	1.78223
Hong Kong Dollar	HKD	0.16152
Indonesian Rupiah	IDR	0.000095219
Israeli New Shekel	ILS	0.3297
Indian Rupee	INR	0.01885
Jordanian Dinar	JOD	1.77359
Japanese Yen	JPY	0.011304
Kenyan Shilling	KES	0.01255
Korean Won	KRW	0.00108
Sri Lanka Rupee	LKR	0.00876
Mongolian Tugrik	MNT	0.00061
Mauritius Rupee	MUR	0.03692
Mexican Peso	MXN	0.07156
Malaysian Ringgit	MYR	0.31778
Nigerian Naira	NGN	0.00634
New Zealand Dollar	NZD	0.8544
Papua New Guinea Kina	PGK	0.41093
Philippine Peso	PHP	0.02715
Pakistan Rupee	PKR	0.01206
Russian Rouble	RUB	0.01854
Saudi Arabian Riyal	SAR	0.33425
Solomon Islands Dollar	SBD	0.15936
Singapore Dollar	SGD	0.9235
Thai Baht	THB	0.03573
Tongan Pa'anga	TOP	0.55049
Turkish Lira	TRY	0.43955
US Dollar	USD	1.25268
Vietnamese Dong	VND	0.000056642
Vanuatu Vatu	VUV	0.01182
Samoan Tala	WST	0.55206
Central Pacific Franc	XPF	0.01187
South African Rand	ZAR	0.08352

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

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Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

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Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

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Misdescribed amendments

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If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation “(md not incorp)” is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

ad = added or inserted	o = order(s)
am = amended	Ord = Ordinance
amdt = amendment	orig = original
c = clause(s)	par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s)
C[x] = Compilation No. x	/sub‑subparagraph(s)
Ch = Chapter(s)	pres = present
def = definition(s)	prev = previous
Dict = Dictionary	(prev…) = previously
disallowed = disallowed by Parliament	Pt = Part(s)
Div = Division(s)	r = regulation(s)/rule(s)
ed = editorial change	reloc = relocated
exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have	renum = renumbered
effect	rep = repealed
F = Federal Register of Legislation	rs = repealed and substituted
gaz = gazette	s = section(s)/subsection(s)
LA = Legislation Act 2003	Sch = Schedule(s)
LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003	Sdiv = Subdivision(s)
(md) = misdescribed amendment can be given	SLI = Select Legislative Instrument
effect	SR = Statutory Rules
(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment	Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s)
cannot be given effect	SubPt = Subpart(s)
mod = modified/modification	underlining = whole or part not
No. = Number(s)	commenced or to be commenced

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Number and year	Registration	Commencement	Application, saving and transitional provisions
Specification of Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies 2016/035 (Conversion Instrument) - IMMI 16/035	3 May 2016 (F2016L00632)	1 May 2016
Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies Amendment Instrument 2016/109	30 Nov 2016 (F2016L01837)	1 December 2016

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Provision affected                    How affected

Schedule, Table, “Egyptian Pound”                           rs F2016L01837