[no bill text published] Retroactive validation of face images for citizenship and migration applications
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 2) Bill 2025
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2nd House
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
People are now treated as having provided a 'face and shoulders' photo if they provided an image of their face and neck; this applies retroactively.
Government actions are valid even if they were based on photos that did not show the person's shoulders.
The definition of a 'face image' now includes photos showing the neck or part of the shoulders.
People are treated as having provided a cropped image if they provided an original photo from which the Department could crop a face image.
The Minister can revoke citizenship if a person is not ordinarily resident in Australia for two years after becoming a citizen under subsection 22A(1A).