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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  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Repeal

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

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

 

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Migration (LIN 20/001: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2020 is repealed.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