Children and Birth Certificates in Australia: what actually matters to know

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You must create a separate visa application for a newborn within the parent's existing account. Children are required to book a VFS appointment for biometric photos, though fingerprints are not collected.

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When applying for a visa for a newborn baby whose parents already have a visa, a new, separate application must be created for the child.

The child is considered a full applicant, similar to an adult, and will need to provide biometric data. This new application is created within the parent's existing account.

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For an Australian tourist visa application for a child, if the birth certificate contains Russian characters in its number, you can either leave the number field blank or enter it transliterated.

A certified translation of the birth certificate is generally not required for tourist visas.

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For Australian visa applications, children also need to provide biometrics.

A photograph is considered biometric data. Therefore, children must be booked at VFS for biometrics, similar to adults. Fingerprints will not be taken from children.

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For an Australian tourist visa application, a certified translation of a child's birth certificate is typically not required if the document is already in English or if key identifying information is duplicated in English.

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