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Immigration Act 2009

Visas - Visas generally - General rules relating to visas

60: Biometric information may be required from visa applicant

You could also call this:

“Visa applicants must provide biometric data like fingerprints or photos”

If you want to get a visa, you need to let the government collect your biometric information. This means they might need to take things like your fingerprints or a photo of your face.

If you don’t let them collect this information, the Minister or an immigration officer can say no to giving you a visa.

But there’s an exception to this rule. Some people don’t have to give their biometric information. The rules about who doesn’t have to give this information are written in another part of the law called section 400(l).

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Part 3 Visas
Visas generally: General rules relating to visas

60Biometric information may be required from visa applicant

  1. An applicant for a visa must allow biometric information to be collected from him or her.

  2. If the applicant fails to allow the biometric information to be collected, the Minister or an immigration officer may refuse to grant the visa applied for.

  3. The requirement in subsection (1) does not apply if the person is exempt from providing the information in accordance with regulations made under section 400(l).