Dear Mr Chakrit SANGPUKDEE
Requirement to provide personal identifiers (biometrics) for the purposes of section 40 of the Migration Act 1958
(the Migration Act) in regard to your STUDENT (Class TU) VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING SECTOR
(Subclass
572) visa application
Offshore visa applicants in selected overseas locations may be required to provide personal identifiers in the form of
fingerprint scans and a digital facial photograph.
Under section 257A and for the purposes of section 40 of the Migration Act, I, as a delegate of the Minister, require
each applicant listed on the attached Visa Application Summary to provide personal identifiers in the form of
fingerprint scans and a digital photograph of their face and shoulders within 14 day(s) after you are taken to have
received this letter,
Providing personal identifiers
In order to provide personal identifiers, all applicants named in the Visa Application Summary need to attend a Visa
Application Centre or Biometrics Collection Centre in person together and bring:
§ this letter
§ a current passport for each applicant (or other form of identification for RSHP applicants only)
You should make an appointment prior to attending the Visa Application Centre or Biometrics Collection Centre.
The address and contact details of your nearest Visa Application Centre or Biometrics Collection Centre are available
at http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa/Biom
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If you have been required by a delegate to provide your personal identifiers under section 257A of the Migration Act
and you do not comply with the requirement, nor has the requirement been withdrawn, then your visa application
must be refused under section 65 of the Migration Act because the grant of a visa is prevented under section 40 of
the Migration Act.
Biometric provision for minors
The following are arrangements regarding minors (applicants under 18 years of age) included in the application.
Depending on the age of the minor/s at the date of biometrics collection, the following biometrics provision
guidelines apply:
Minors aged less than five years may be required to provide a photograph of their face and shoulders only; and.
Minors aged five years and over but less than 18 years may be required to provide their fingerprints and a
photograph of their face and shoulders.
Under policy, the presence of a parent or guardian is required before personal identifiers are collected from minors
aged less than 16 years.
Biometrics provision for incapable persons If someone included in this application is an 'incapable person' contact
this office.
An ‘incapable person’ means a person who does not have legal capacity to understand the significance of a
requirement to provide a personal identifier; this includes the general nature and effect of, and purpose of, a
requirement to provide a personal identifier. For example, someone with an intellectual disability. Evidence may
need to be provided that they are considered an 'incapable person'.
The following arrangements apply to ‘incapable persons’:
A photograph of their face and shoulders only will be taken.
Under policy, the presence of a parent or guardian is required before personal identifiers are collected from
incapable persons.
Processing your Application
While every effort is made to process visa applications as quickly as possible, until all applicants listed in the Visa
Application Summary have provided personal identifiers, this application may not be finalised.
The provision of personal identifiers is only one of several stages in the visa assessment process. As I have required
you to provide personal identifiers, compliance with this requirement will assist us to process your application as
quickly as possible.
If any applicant identified in this letter is unable to provide their personal identifiers for any reason, contact this
office as soon as possible.
Receiving this letter
As this letter was sent to you by email, you are taken to have received it at the end of the day it was transmitted.
Your information – your privacy
For more detailed information about how personal identifiers may be used, please read form 1243i Your personal
identifying information included with this letter. In addition, please read form 1442i Privacy notice, which is
available on the Department’s website: www.border.gov.au
Contacting this office
We prefer contact with this office concerning your application to be by email. We try to respond to all email
enquiries within seven (7) working days. If you do not have access to email or need to contact us urgently, you can
also contact us by any of the means listed below.
Contacting the Department
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In Australia you can call 131 881 between 8.30 am and 4.30 pm Monday to Friday. Details on contacting our offices
outside Australia are available at www.border.gov.au
Yours sincerely