Form 1427 · Character or identity
Biometric Identification Test – Independent Person Information and Acceptance
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
Explains the role of an independent observer at a biometric identification test conducted under the Migration Act 1958 and records that person's agreement to act in that role. The independent person observes the test and may later be asked to recount what occurred.
Who lodges it
Completed and signed by the independent person nominated to observe the test (not the person undergoing the test), at the request of the individual required to provide biometric identifiers.
When it is used
Used when a person required to undergo an identification test asks that an independent person be present to observe, and that observer needs to acknowledge and accept the role before the test.
Official form
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