Commonwealth legislation

Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Circumstances in Which a PayPal Surcharge Must be Waived or Refunded 2016/084 - IMMI 16/084

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This short legal instrument stops the Immigration Department from charging extra fees when visa applicants in Singapore and New Zealand pay using PayPal.

What it does:

If you apply for an Australian visa from Singapore or New Zealand, and you pay via PayPal using Singapore dollars (SGD) or New Zealand dollars (NZD), the Department cannot charge you a PayPal surcharge.
If they accidentally charged you this fee already, they must refund it.

Why it matters: Without this rule, applicants paying in local currency from these two countries could be hit with unexpected currency conversion or processing fees on top of their already expensive visa costs. This ensures they pay the same amount as someone paying by other methods.

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Direct links to the current provisions in Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Circumstances in Which a PayPal Surcharge Must be Waived or Refunded 2016/084 - IMMI 16/084.

CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A PAYPAL SURCHARG

CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A PAYPAL SURCHARGE MUST BE WAIVED OR REFUNDED 2016/084

(Regulation 5.41B)

I, PETER DUTTON, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under
subregulation 5.41B(4) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations):

SPECIFY the following circumstances for paragraph 5.41B(4)(a):
1. where a PayPal surcharge is levied against payment made using local currency when clients make a PayPal payment in Singapore and New Zealand; and
SPECIFY the following circumstances for paragraph 5.41B(4)(c):
1. where a PayPal surcharge is accepted against payment made using local currency when clients make a PayPal payment in Singapore and New Zealand.

This Instrument, Circumstances in which a PayPal surcharge must be waived or refunded 2016/084, IMMI 16/084, commences immediately after the commencement of Schedule 2 to the Migration Legislation Amendment (2016 Measures No. 3) Regulation 2016.

Dated: 7 September 2016

Peter Dutton

THE HON PETER DUTTON MP

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

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CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A PAYPAL SURCHARG CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A PAYPAL SURCHARGE MUST BE WAIVED OR REFUNDED 2016/084