Migration (LIN 21/001: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2021
F2020L01537 — as made — Status: Repealed — Made/registered 2020-12-07 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2020L01537/latest/text

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Migration (LIN 21/001: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2021
I, Stephanie Cargill, as delegate of the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.
Dated: 3 December  2020
Stephanie Cargill
Chief Finance Officer
Finance Division
Department of Home Affairs
Contents
1  Name
2  Commencement
3  Authority
4  Definitions
5  Schedules
6  Exchange rates for payment of VAC, and fees, in foreign currencies
Schedule 1—Currencies and exchange rates for payment of fees
Schedule 2—Repeals
Migration (LIN 20/003: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2020 (F2020L00751)
1  Name
(1) This instrument is the Migration (LIN 21/001: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2021.
(2) This instrument may be cited as LIN 21/001.
2  Commencement
This instrument commences on 1 January 2021.
3  Authority
This instrument is made under paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the Migration Regulations 1994.
4  Definitions
Note 1: visa application charge has the same meaning as defined in subsection 5(1) of the Migration Act 1958.
Note 2: fee has the same meaning as in subregulation 5.36(4) of the Regulations.
In this instrument:
ISO means International Organization for Standardization.
Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.
VAC means visa application charge.
5  Schedules
The instrument specified in Schedule 2 to this instrument is repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

6  Exchange rates for payment of VAC, and fees, in foreign currencies
For the purposes of paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the Regulations:
•            each currency mentioned for an item in Column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 is specified; and
•            the exchange rate mentioned in Column 3 of the table in Schedule 1 for that item is specified.

Schedule 1—Currencies and exchange rates for payment of fees
Note:  The ISO code for each specified currency in Column 2 of the table in Schedule 1 is included for information only.
	Table: Currencies and Exchange Rates

	Item no.
	Column 1
Currency
	Column 2
ISO code
	Column 3
Exchange Rate

	1.        
	United Arab Emirates Dirham
	AED
	0.36373

	2.        
	Bangladeshi Taka
	BDT
	0.01605

	3.        
	Bahraini Dinar
	BHD
	3.55568

	4.        
	Brunei Dollar
	BND
	0.98281

	5.        
	Brazilian Real
	BRL
	0.23769

	6.        
	Bhutanese Ngultrum
	BTN
	0.0182

	7.        
	Canadian Dollar
	CAD
	1.01164

	8.        
	Chilean Peso
	CLP
	0.0016948

	9.        
	Chinese Renminbi Yuan
	CNY
	0.19877

	10.     
	Colombian Peso
	COP
	0.00034931

	11.     
	Egyptian Pound
	EGP
	0.08519

	12.     
	Euro
	EUR
	1.57206

	13.     
	Fiji Dollar
	FJD
	0.63234

	14.     
	British Pound
	GBP
	1.73421

	15.     
	Hong Kong Dollar
	HKD
	0.17237

	16.     
	Indonesian Rupiah
	IDR
	0.000090724

	17.     
	Israeli New Shekel
	ILS
	0.39448

	18.     
	Indian Rupee
	INR
	0.0182

	19.     
	Jordanian Dinar
	JOD
	1.88416

	20.     
	Japanese Yen
	JPY
	0.0126984

	21.     
	Kenyan Shilling
	KES
	0.0123988

	22.     
	Korean Won
	KRW
	0.0011679

	23.     
	Kuwaiti Dinar
	KWD
	4.37713

	24.     
	Sri Lanka Rupee
	LKR
	0.0072816

	25.     
	Mongolian Tugrik
	MNT
	0.00050987

	26.     
	Mauritius Rupee
	MUR
	0.03439

	27.     
	Malaysian Ringgit
	MYR
	0.32191

	28.     
	Nepalese Rupee
	NPR
	0.0115126

	29.     
	New Zealand Dollar
	NZD
	0.88698

	30.     
	Omani Riyal
	OMR
	3.48517

	31.     
	Papua New Guinea Kina
	PGK
	0.39029

	32.     
	Philippine Peso
	PHP
	0.02757

	33.     
	Pakistan Rupee
	PKR
	0.0082218

	34.     
	Qatari Riyal
	QAR
	0.37025

	35.     
	Saudi Arabian Riyal
	SAR
	0.35641

	36.     
	Solomon Islands Dollar
	SBD
	0.16715

	37.     
	Singapore Dollar
	SGD
	0.98281

	38.     
	Thai Baht
	THB
	0.04281

	39.     
	Tongan Pa'anga
	TOP
	0.59594

	40.     
	Turkish Lira
	TRY
	0.1684

	41.     
	US Dollar
	USD
	1.33586

	42.     
	Vietnamese Dong
	VND
	0.000057735

	43.     
	Vanuatu Vatu
	VUV
	0.0119124

	44.     
	Samoan Tala
	WST
	0.52559

	45.     
	Central Pacific Franc
	XPF
	0.0131738

	46.     
	South African Rand
	ZAR
	0.08129

Schedule 2—Repeals
Migration (LIN 20/003: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2020 (F2020L00751)
1  The whole of the instrument