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Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Places and Currencies for Paying of Fees - IMMI 13/025

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This instrument allows people applying for Australian visas to pay their fees in Nigeria using either Australian Dollars or Nigerian Naira.

What it does:

Adds Nigeria to the list of official places where visa application fees can be paid locally
Specifies the currency options: applicants can pay in Australian Dollars (AUD) or the local Nigerian Naira
Authorizes local payment facilities rather than requiring payment from outside Nigeria

Who it affects:

Anyone lodging an Australian visa application while physically in Nigeria
Migration agents processing payments for clients based in Nigeria

Why it matters: Before this instrument, applicants in Nigeria may have faced restrictions on where and how they could pay visa fees—possibly requiring payment from another country or in a specific currency only. This change simplifies the process by allowing local payments in the local currency (or AUD), reducing banking complications and conversion costs.

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Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

PLACES AND CURRENCIES FOR PAYING OF FEES

(Paragraphs 5.36(1)(a) and 5.36(1)(b))

I, STEPHEN SHEEHAN, Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under paragraphs 5.36(1)(a) and 5.36(1)(b) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):

2. SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 5.36(1)(a) of the Regulations that Nigeria is a place at which the payment of a fee must be made; AND

3. SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 5.36(1)(b) of the Regulations that the Australian Dollar and Nigerian Naira is the currency in which a fee may be paid at that place.

This Instrument, IMMI 13/025, commences on the day after the date of registration.

Dated 25 January 2013

Stephen Sheehan

Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

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