Migration Regulations 1994 Specification of Places and Currencies for Paying of Fees IMMI 05/096 (Cth)
Commonwealth of Australia
Migration Regulations 1994
PLACES AND CURRENCIES FOR PAYING OF FEES
(PARAGRAPHS 5.36(1)(a) AND 5.36(1)(b))
I, AMANDA VANSTONE, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 and paragraphs 5.36(1)(a) and (b) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
REVOKE the Gazette Notice made on 21 June 2005 for the purposes of paragraphs 5.36(1)(a) and 5.36(1)(b) of the Regulations;
SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 5.36(1)(a) of the Regulations the places set out in column A of the Schedule to this notice as a place in which the payment of a fee must be made; and
SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 5.36(1)(b) of the Regulations the currency set out in column B of the Schedule to this notice as the currency in which a fee may be paid in that place.
This notice takes effect on 1 January 2006.
Dated 8 December 2005
AMANDA VANSTONE
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
[NOTE 1: Regulation 1.17 provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of the Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.
NOTE 2: Subregulation 5.36(1) of the Regulations provides that payment of a fee must be made in a place, being Australia or a foreign country, that is specified for the purposes of paragraph 5.36(1)(a) by Gazette Notice, and payment of a fee must be made in a currency that is specified for the purposes of paragraph 5.36(1)(b) by Gazette Notice as a currency in which a fee may be paid in that place.]
SCHEDULE
| Column A (place) | Column B (currency) |
| Argentina | Argentine Peso |
| Australia | Australian Dollar |
| Austria | Euro |
| Bangladesh | Bangladeshi Taka |
| Brazil | Brazilian Real, US Dollar |
| Brunei Darussalam | Brunei Dollar, Singpore Dollar |
| Cambodia | US Dollar |
| Canada | Canadian Dollar |
| Chile | Chilean Peso, US Dollar |
| China | Chinese Renminbi Yuan; & (for Mongolian applicants only) US Dollar Bank Draft |
| Croatia | Croatian Kuna, Euro |
| Cyprus | Cyprus Pound |
| Egypt | Egyptian Pound, US Dollar |
| Federated States of Micronesia | US Dollar |
| Fiji | Fiji Dollar |
| France | Euro |
| Germany | Euro |
| Ghana | Ghanaian Cedi |
| Greece | Euro |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong Dollar |
| Hungary | Hungarian Forint |
| India | Indian Rupee Bank Draft |
| Indonesia | Indonesian Rupiah |
| Islamic Republic of Iran | US Dollar |
| Israel | Israeli New Shekel |
| Italy | Euro |
| Japan | Japanese Yen |
| Jordan | Jordanian Dinar |
| Kenya | Kenyan Shilling, US Dollar |
| Kiribati | Australian Dollar |
| Korea, Republic Of | Korean Won |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | Laotian Kip, US Dollar |
| Lebanon | US Dollar |
| Column A (place) | Column B (currency) |
| Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of | Euro |
| Malaysia | Malaysian Ringgit |
| Malta | Maltese Lira |
| Mauritius | Mauritius Rupee |
| Mexico | Mexican Peso, US Dollar |
| Myanmar | Foreign Exchange Certificate |
| Nauru | Australian Dollar, Cash Only |
| New Caledonia | Central Pacific Franc |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Dollar |
| Nigeria | Nigerian Naira, US Dollar |
| Pakistan | Pakistan Rupee |
| Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea Kina |
| Philippines | Philippine Peso |
| Poland | Polish Zloty |
| Portugal | Euro |
| Russian Federation | US Dollar, Russian Rouble |
| Samoa | Samoan Tala |
| Serbia & Montenegro | Euro |
| Singapore | Singapore Dollar |
| Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands Dollar |
| South Africa | South African Rand, US Dollar |
| Spain | Euro |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka Rupee |
| Taiwan | Taiwan Dollar |
| Thailand | Thai Baht |
| Timor-Leste | US Dollar |
| Tonga | Tongan Pa'anga |
| Turkey | New Turkish Lira |
| United Arab Emirates | United Arab Emirates Dirham |
| United Kingdom | British Pound |
| United States | US Dollar |
| Vanuatu | Vanuatu Vatu |
| Viet nam | US Dollar |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe Dollar, US Dollar |
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