1Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies - IMMI 07/090

IMMI 07/090

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Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

PAYMENT OF VISA APPLICATION CHARGES AND FEES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES

(REGULATION 5.36(1a)(a))

I, KEVIN ANDREWS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under regulation 1.17 and paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):

1. REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 07/025, signed on 13 June 2007, 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 07/090, commences on 1 January 2008.

Dated 23 November 2007

KEVIN ANDREWS

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

NOTE 1: Regulation 1.17 of the Regulations 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 of the Regulations deals with the payment of visa application charges and fees in foreign currencies.

NOTE 3: Paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the Regulations 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 paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) 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.