Bridging visas in Australia are just transient visas which license you to stay in Australia for a specific timeframe. Typically, bridging visas start after your current substantive visa, such as a Student Visa, ends while you wait for another substantive visa application to process.

Bridging visas can be allowed in the accompanying conditions:

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.

There are six bridging visa types that all have marginally various privileges appended to them. In general, your migration status before receiving a bridging visa will affect the type of bridging visa you receive and the rights attached to it.

Types of Australian bridging visas

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.

If you are in Australia on a Bridging Visa A and authorities have refused your visa application, you must depart within 28 days. If you appeal the decision to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Authorities will automatically extend your Bridging Visa A to allow 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, if you held a Student Visa. When you applied for a different substantive visa while in Australia, authorities will grant you a Bridging Visa. A with the same work and study conditions 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 can be granted in Australia. This means you do not need to leave Australia before authorities grant the visa.
  • You applied for a visa in Australia, and although authorities refused your visa application, you appealed the decision within the statutory time limits.

Bridging Visa B subclass 020 (BVB): A Bridging Visa B or BVB is a bridging visa which awards the holder a privilege to travel. Bridging Visas B include a 'travel authority' and 'travel period,' allowing you to leave Australia and return within the timeframe specified on the bridging visa grant notice.

Authorities can grant a Bridging Visa B if you currently hold a Bridging Visa A or B, and it is valid or will be valid at the time of your planned travel. You must apply in person to the Department of Home Affairs, and the fee is $140.00 as of now.

When the travel period comes to an end and you have come back to Australia. The Bridging Visa B acts like the Bridging Visa A – it gives you the authorization to reside, work and study in Australia. Just the individuals who hold a Bridging Visa Aor a Bridging Visa B are qualified to apply for a Bridging Visa B.

Bridging Visa C subclass 030 (BVC): A Bridging Visa C or BVC is accessible to you when you intentionally hold up an application for a substantive visa while you are unlawfully in Australia. Authorities grant this type of bridging visa if you do not hold a substantive visa and become unlawful before applying for another visa.

Under the Migration Act 1958 and Migration Regulations 1994, the Bridging Visa C does not let you return to Australia. If you choose to leave the country before authorities make a decision on your substantive visa application. You can't make a difference for a Bridging Visa B for consent to travel in case you hold a Bridging Visa C.

If you hold a Bridging Visa C with a condition that prevents you from working. You can apply to have that condition removed. As there are no avenues to appeal a decision granting a bridging visa with adverse conditions. The procedure requires applying for another Bridging Visa C without the work disallowance appended to it.

Applying for a Bridging Visa C which does not have the work condition requires showing that you have a convincing need to work. This regularly requires demonstrating that you are or would face financial hardship if not permitted to work legally.

Bridging (Prospective Applicant) Visas subclasses 040 and 041 (BVD): Bridging (Prospective Applicant) Visas can be conceded to you when you are going to wind up unlawful and you have tried to lodge a substantive visa application however the application was invalid. You can apply for the bridging visa to permit you five days to lodge a legitimate application.

Bridging (Prospective Applicant) Visas don't accompany work entitlements. You additionally can't have any significant bearing for consent to travel or a Bridging Visa B to go outside of Australia and return.

To be qualified for a Bridging (Prospective Applicant) Visa you should be an unlawful non-resident. You will wind up unlawful inside three business days of your application for the bridging visa. You have made a genuine attempt to make a legitimate application for a substantive visa. And you will be capable of lodging a valid application for a substantive visa in five working days.

Bridging Visa E subclass 050 and 051 (BVE): Bridging Visas E or BVE are commonly conceded to non-natives to enable them to stay in Australia legally. Authorities typically grant Bridging Visas E to non-citizens identified as unlawful to give them time to leave Australia voluntarily. This usually occurs when authorities decide to cancel a visa under section 116 of the Migration Act 1958.

Authorities issue Bridging Visas E to let you stay in Australia while you apply for a substantive visa. Wait for a court's decision on an appeal, or await Ministerial Intervention for a visa. They also grant Bridging Visas E if you have applied for a protection visa.

A Bridging Visa E accompanies specific conditions. Authorities typically grant them with reporting conditions. Requiring the visa holder to report to a Department of Home Affairs office occasionally. The visa additionally accompanies 'no work' plus 'no study ' conditions. You can remove these conditions by applying for another Bridging Visa E and providing entries that explain. Why you should receive work or study rights.

Bridging Visa F subclass 060 (BVF): A Bridging Visa F can be allowed to you in case you are an individual important to police in Australia concerning serious commonwealth offenses including trafficking, sexual bondage, or deceptive recruiting. This visa will enable the holder to stay in Australia until the earliest date determined by the Minister. Generally, this is 30 days from the award or until the Minister advises that you are never again an individual important to the police.

Bridging Visas F include a 'no work' condition.

Important things you need to take note of with regard to bridging visas:

Bridging visas are temporary visas and do not qualify as substantive visas. This means they let an individual stay in Australia until they process the next visa application. Or resolve the ongoing immigration experts.

Depending on your status and circumstances in Australia, authorities might give you one of five types of bridging visas:

  • Bridging Visa A (BVA)
  • Bridging Visa B (BVB)
  • Bridging Visa C (BVC)
  • Bridging Visa E (BVE)
  • Bridging Visa F (BVF)

BVA holders cannot leave Australia unless they apply for a BVB.

A BVE will have a travel ban attached to it once you leave Australia. You should understand that a BVE might prevent you 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. Not everyone on a BVA can work. Those who cannot work must demonstrate financial hardship to obtain permission to do so.