Bill
Migration Amendment (Streamlining Visa Processing) Bill 2019
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25. Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-07-04
- second reading — 2019-07-04
- second reading — 2019-09-11
- second reading — 2019-09-11
- third reading — 2019-09-11
- introduced — 2019-09-11
- second reading — 2019-09-11
- other — 2022-07-25
Divisions
- Migration Amendment (Streamlining Visa Processing) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Stop privatisation — 2019-09-11, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 63, noes 78
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2019-07-04.
The bill would let the minister decide which visa applicant groups must submit biometric data for their application to be accepted.
An application would be invalid if a required person does not supply a facial image, fingerprints or another personal identifier, and the minister could also allow other ways to provide them.
The government says the change is needed because checks of biometrics against law enforcement and partner-country databases have found hidden criminal histories and identity discrepancies.
- Give the minister power to specify groups of visa applicants who must provide one or more personal identifiers for a valid application.
- Make a visa application invalid if the applicant does not supply the required personal identifiers.
- Allow personal identifiers to be given through an identification test or another method the minister sets.
Visa applicants in groups specified by the minister.
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