Upon transfer of all claimants to Comcare in July 1990, it was discovered that there were approximately 20 payees being paid on an overseas payroll. This is a very time consuming and costly function for Comcare to operate and the decision was made by Senior Management that no more payees were to be placed on this payroll. Please note that PRACSYS does not generate transactions for Scheme 'X' employees. Diaries will be sent to HRG when any variation is required to an overseas payroll record.
The DoF transfers each payment from Australian dollars to the currency of the country where the payee resides every fortnight. This, of course, varies with exchange rates. The payment is cabled to the local Australian High Commission who then passes the payment on to the claimant.
Please note: Under NO circumstances should any payee be given this option for payments.