Requirement to provide personal identifiers (biometrics) for the purposes of section
40 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act) in regard to your Visitor (class FA) Visitor
(Tourist) (subclass 600) visa application
In the following information, when we say ‘you’ we mean all applicants listed below.
Offshore visa applicants in selected overseas locations need 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 require each
applicant listed in the table(s) below to provide personal identifiers in the form of fingerprint
scans and/or a digital photograph of their face and shoulders by attending a Visa Application
Centre or Biometrics Collection Centre within 14 days after you are taken to have received
this letter.
The only fingerprint scans and facial photographs that will be accepted are those taken by
staff at a Visa Application Centre or Biometrics Collection Centre.
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requirement been withdrawn, then your visa application must be refused under section 65 of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