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 05/093, signed on 8 December 2005, 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 06/039, commences on 1 July 2006.

Dated 19 June 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: Subregulation 5.36(1A) provides that an amount in a foreign currency that corresponds to an amount of a fee in Australian dollars may be specified in a Gazette Notice.]