Migration Regulations 1994

PAYMENT OF VISA APPLICATION CHARGES AND FEES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES

(REGULATION 5.36(1a)(a))

I, AMANDA VANSTONE, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 and paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’)

1. REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 06/054, signed on 12 July 2006, specifying amounts in foreign currencies which correspond to the amounts payable for a fee in Australian dollars for the purposes of paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the Regulations; and

2. SPECIFY in the Schedule to this Instrument the amounts in foreign currencies which correspond to the amounts payable for a fee in Australian dollars, for the purposes of paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the Regulations.

This Instrument, IMMI 06/081, commences on 1 January 2007.

Dated 15 December 2006

AMANDA VANSTONE

Minister for Immigration and Multicultural 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: Regulation 5.36 deals with the payment of visa application charges and fees in foreign currencies.

NOTE 3: Paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) provides that if the currency in which the amount is to be paid is a currency for which an amount corresponding to the amount of the fee in Australian dollars is specified for the purposes of the paragraph by Gazette Notice the amount of the payment is to be ascertained in accordance with the amount specified in the Gazette Notice that corresponds to the amount of the fee in Australian dollars.]