Visas to Australia: Biometric collection centres are not closing in Russia. The provider is changing.

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In the past few weeks, there have been worried posts in Russian-speaking Facebook groups stating that biometric colleciton offices will close in Russia at the end of the year. A spokesperson of the Australian Department of Home Affairs denied this in a comment to SBS Russian, explaining that the centers in Russia remain and will operate under a new provider.


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