- Your original visa has lapsed and you are waiting for the application of a substantive visa to be finalized;
- You have applied to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal of a decision on a visa refusal or visa cancellation;
- There is a court appeal on a decision about your visa that you are waiting for;
- You have requested for a Ministerial Intervention; and
- You have been an unlawful non-native and are making arrangements to leave Australia deliberately.
Types of Australian bridging visas
1. Bridging Visa A subclass 010 (BVA) The Bridging Visa A or BVA is allowed when you make an application for a visa while you are in Australia and presently the holder of a legitimate visa. The Bridging Visa A enables you to stay in Australia after the expiry of your substantive visa while you are waiting for a decision. In conditions where you are in Australia as the holder of a Bridging Visa A and your visa application has been refused, you have 28 days to depart from Australia. In case you appeal the decision to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, your Bridging Visa A will be automatically extended to enable the Tribunal to make a decision. Under the Migration Act 1958 and the Migration Regulations 1994, a Bridging Visa A qualifies you to travel anywhere in Australia however you cannot depart from Australia and then come back. In case you wish to venture out abroad and come back to Australia while waiting for a decision on your visa application, you ought to apply for a Bridging Visa B. The Bridging Visa A additionally enables the holder to dwell in Australia and gives the holder work and study permissions dependent on the substantive visa they previously held. For instance, in the event that you held a Student Visa at the time you applied for a different substantive visa while in Australia, you will be conceded a Bridging Visa A with the same work as well as study circumstances as your Student Visa. The conditions where you are qualified for a Bridging Visa A is as follows:- You must be in Australia when you apply for a substantive visa while you hold a substantive visa. The substantive visa application works as an application for the Bridging Visa A in case you meet this prerequisite; and
- The visa you applied for is one that can be allowed in Australia. This implies it is not a prerequisite for you to depart from Australia before the visa can be granted; or
- You made an application for a visa in Australia and that visa application has been refused however you have appealed that decision in the statutory time limits.
- Bridging visas are transitory visas and are not delegated substantive visas. This implies they just enable an individual to stay in Australia until their next visa application is processed or a progressing immigration matter is settled.
- Depending on your status and circumstance in Australia, there are five kinds of bridging visas you might be given:
- Bridging Visa A (BVA)
- Bridging Visa B (BVB)
- Bridging Visa C (BVC)
- Bridging Visa E (BVE)
- Bridging Visa F (BVF)
- BVA holders are not permitted to go outside of Australia except if they apply for a BVB.
- A BVE will have a travel ban attached to it once you leave Australia. The thing to comprehend about BVE is that you might be prohibited from returning to Australia for 3-10 years.
- Those on a bridging visa need to comprehend the sort they are on just as the prohibitive conditions attached to them, especially with regards to work. It ought to be noticed that not every person on a BVA will be permitted to work. The individuals who are not allowed to work ought to have the option to demonstrate money related hardship so as to be conceded authorization to do as such.