Form 1243i · Character or identity
Your Personal Identifiers
What this official form is for and who lodges it. The form itself is only ever the Department's own document; nothing is completed or submitted here.
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Purpose
This is an information notice, not an application form. It explains the Department's legal authority to collect a person's personal identifiers (biometrics), describing why they may be collected, how they are collected, and how they may be used and disclosed.
Who lodges it
No party lodges this form; it is an informational document provided to citizens and non-citizens (including travellers, visa applicants, immigration detainees and citizenship applicants) from whom personal identifiers may be collected.
When it is used
It is provided to inform a person about biometric collection under the Migration Act and Australian Citizenship Act, in situations such as travel through airports and seaports, visa or citizenship applications, and immigration detention.
Official form
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