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CONTENTS
Migration (Visa Application) Charge Bill
1996
Date Introduced: 16 October 1996
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Immigration and Multicultural
Affairs
Commencement: On a date to be fixed by
Proclamation. This is anticipated to be 1 January 1997.
The Migration (Visa Application) Charge Bill 1996 (the Bill)
proposes to:
- impose a single visa application fee; and
- establish a 'visa application fee charge limit'; ie the maximum
amount of visa application charge that may be prescribed by the
regulations.
The role of the Bill in the context of the legislative scheme
governing the visa application charge is discussed on page 4 of
this Digest.
The most significant provision of the Bill is proposed
section 5. In relation to visa applications made
in the 1996-97 financial year, proposed subsection
5(1) sets the visa application charge limit at
$12,500.
In respect of subsequent financial years, subsection
5(2) of the Bill sets out a formula for the calculation of
the visa application charge limit; generally, it will be indexed in
accordance with the Consumer Price Index.
Proposed subsections 5(3), 5(4) and
5(5) deal with various elements of the indexation
factor; and the rounding of the charge limit. When the visa
application charge limit is indexed in subsequent years, the amount
is to be rounded to the nearest $5
Elen Perdikogiannis Ph. 06 277 2699
8 November 1996
Bills Digest Service
Parliamentary Research Service
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ISSN 1323-9031
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