1Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies - IMMI 08/023

IMMI 08/023

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Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

PAYMENT OF VISA APPLICATION CHARGES AND FEES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES

(PARAGRAPH 5.36(1a)(a))

I, CHRIS EVANS, 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 07/090, signed on 23 November 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 08/023, commences on 26 April 2008.

Dated 15 April 2008

CHRIS EVANS

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.