The Australian Citizenship Amendment (Payment of Fees) Regulations 2018 (the Regulations) amend the Australian Citizenship Regulation 2016 (the Citizenship Regulation) to allow citizenship application fees, and refunds of citizenship application fees where appropriate, to be paid in foreign currencies and in foreign countries.
The purpose of these amendments is to facilitate the lawful collection of citizenship application fees in specified foreign currencies and foreign countries at updated exchange rates.
The Regulations will commence on 1 January 2019.
Source: Australian-Citizenship-Amendment-Payment-of-Fees-Regulations-2018---6-Dec.pdf
Australian-Citizenship-Amendment-Payment-of-Fees-Regulations-2018 Explanatory Statement.pdf