Migration (LIN 20/001: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2020

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made under paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the

Migration Regulations 1994

Compilation No. 1

Compilation date: 1 January 2020

Includes amendments up to: F2019L01712

Registered: 21 January 2020

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Migration (LIN 20/001: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2020 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 January 2020 (the compilation date).

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

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Editorial changes

For more information about any editorial changes made in this compilation, see the endnotes.

Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Self-repealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

Part 1 – Preliminary

1 Name

(1) This instrument is the Migration (LIN 20/001: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2020.

(2) This instrument may be cited as LIN 20/001.

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.

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, the exchange rate for the currency specified in Column A of an item in the table in Schedule 1, in which the payment of a VAC or a fee is to be paid, is specified in Column C for that item, with the corresponding ISO code mentioned in Column B for that item.

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

Schedule 1 — Exchange Rates for the Payment of VAC and Fees in Foreign Currencies

Table: Exchange rates for the payment of VAC and fees in foreign currencies
Item	Column A Currency	Column B ISO Code	Column C Exchange Rate
1	United Arab Emirates Dirham	AED	0.38151
2	Bangladeshi Taka	BDT	0.01688
3	Bahraini Dinar	BHD	3.73986
4	Brunei Dollar	BND	1.02256
5	Brazilian Real	BRL	0.34318
6	Bhutanese Ngultrum	BTN	0.01981
7	Canadian Dollar	CAD	1.06253
8	Chilean Peso	CLP	0.00194386
9	Chinese Renminbi Yuan	CNY	0.19747
10	Colombian Peso	COP	0.0004108
11	Egyptian Pound	EGP	0.08647
12	Euro	EUR	1.54909
13	Fiji Dollar	FJD	0.64331
14	British Pound	GBP	1.77264
15	Hong Kong Dollar	HKD	0.17868
16	Indonesian Rupiah	IDR	0.000099307
17	Israeli New Shekel	ILS	0.39902
18	Indian Rupee	INR	0.01981
19	Jordanian Dinar	JOD	1.97613
20	Japanese Yen	JPY	0.0129581
21	Kenyan Shilling	KES	0.0136467
22	Korean Won	KRW	0.00118507
23	Kuwaiti Dinar	KWD	4.62299
24	Lebanese Pound	LBP	0.00092939
25	Sri Lanka Rupee	LKR	0.0077944
26	Mongolian Tugrik	MNT	0.00053476
27	Mauritius Rupee	MUR	0.03977
28	Malaysian Ringgit	MYR	0.33482
29	Nepalese Rupee	NPR	0.0125034
30	New Zealand Dollar	NZD	0.888
31	Omani Riyal	OMR	3.6495
32	Papua New Guinea Kina	PGK	0.4211
33	Philippine Peso	PHP	0.02726
34	Pakistan Rupee	PKR	0.0090002
35	Qatari Riyal	QAR	0.38684
36	Saudi Arabian Riyal	SAR	0.3738
37	Solomon Islands Dollar	SBD	0.17488
38	Singapore Dollar	SGD	1.02256
39	Thai Baht	THB	0.04627
40	Tongan Pa'anga	TOP	0.625
41	Turkish Lira	TRY	0.24222
42	US Dollar	USD	1.40107
43	Vietnamese Dong	VND	0.000060651
44	Vanuatu Vatu	VUV	0.0124939
45	Samoan Tala	WST	0.53937
46	Central Pacific Franc	XPF	0.0129813
47	South African Rand	ZAR	0.09421

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.

The following endnotes are included in every compilation:

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.

The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.

The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2003 authorises First Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial and presentational changes to a compiled law in preparing a compilation of the law for registration. The changes must not change the effect of the law. Editorial changes take effect from the compilation registration date.

If the compilation includes editorial changes, the endnotes include a brief outline of the changes in general terms. Full details of any changes can be obtained from the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.

Misdescribed amendments

A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe the amendment to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, the amendment is incorporated into the compiled law and the abbreviation “(md)” added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.

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

Name	Registration	Commencement	Application, saving and transitional provisions
Migration (LIN 20/001: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2020	24 Dec 2019 (F2019L01710)	1 Jan 2020 (s 2)
Migration (LIN 20/007: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Amendment Instrument 2020	24 Dec 2019 (F2019L01712)	1 Jan 2020 (s 2)	—

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
s 2.....................	rep LA s 48D
s 3.....................	am F2019L01712
s 4.....................	am F2019L01712
	ed C1
s 5.....................	rs F2019L01712
	rep LA s 48C
Part 2
s 6.....................	rs F2019L01712
s 7.....................	rep F2019L01712
Schedule 1
Schedule 1 heading (prev Schedule 2 heading)
Schedule 1................	rep F2019L01712
Schedule 2
Schedule 2 heading (prev Schedule 3 heading)	rep LA s 48C
Schedule 2 (prev Schedule 3)...	rep LA s 48C
Schedule 2 heading..........	rs and renum F2019L01712
Schedule 3 heading..........	rs and renum F2019L01712

Endnote 5—Editorial changes

In preparing this compilation for registration, the following kinds of editorial change(s) were made under the Legislation Act 2003.

Section 4 definition of foreign country

Kind of editorial change

Removal of redundant text

Details of editorial change

Schedule 1 item 2 of the Migration (LIN 20/007: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Amendment Instrument 2020 instructs to repeal “foreign country has the meaning defined in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901”.

This amendment does not include the full stop at the end of the definition of foreign country.

This compilation was editorially changed to omit the redundant full stop.