The Department of Home Affairs has launched a new free mobile
phone app, called the Australian Immi App, that allows eligible
visa applicants who have previously provided biometrics at an
Australian biometric collection center to provide facial biometrics
and passport details for their visa applications without visiting a
collection center. The Department will initially release the app to
visa applicants in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Papua New Guinea and New
Zealand (including foreign nationals residing in New Zealand).
Eligible applicants will receive a letter from the Department
inviting them to download and use the app. The app intends to make
the visa application process simpler, supporting travel between
Australia and the Pacific. It is not clear when the app will be
made available to users in other countries; we will report on
related developments.
