Australia Bridge Visa (Bridge Visa) explanation

What is a bridge visa?

• A bridge-crossing visa is a transitional visa rather than a real visa, primarily to guarantee the legal right of non-Australian permanent residents to reside in Australia. Any person awaiting a substantive visa decision, a person who appeals because a visa application has been refused, or a person who appeals because a visa has been cancelled may apply for a bridge visa.
• Cross-bridge visas usually take effect at the time of issuance and continue until the end of the visa, but if the holder of a bridge-crossing visa also holds other substantive visas, the cross-bridge visa will not take effect until after the end of the substantive visa.

Cross-bridge visa issuance

Bridge visa A

• Cross-Bridge Visa A is issued to those who apply for a new visa in Australia and gives the applicant legal residence status in Australia pending visa approval. If the person's visa application is rejected, an appeal may be filed, and the applicant will still hold a bridge visa.
• (B) if certain substantive visas are being applied for, they may be granted a bridge-crossing visa directly, in which case there will be notification and no further submission of the application; In other cases, you need to fill in the Form 1005 Application for a bridging visa for an application. You can apply online or submit a paper application.
• Cross-bridge visa A is the most superior of the five types of visa. The general validity of cross-bridge visa A is until the date of issuance of the new visa. If a visa is rejected, the appeal will be closed 28 days from the date of the decision on the outcome of the appeal.
• Generally speaking, the visa restrictions for cross-bridge visa A are the same as those for the applicant's previous valid visa. If an applicant's previous valid visa does not have the right to work and wants to be able to work, he will need to reapply to the Australian Immigration Service for a new cross-bridge visa and indicate that there are real financial difficulties before he can be allowed to work.

Bridge visa B

• Cross-Bridge Visa B is the only cross-over visa that allows a person with a Bridge Visa to re-enter Australia after leaving Australia. Generally, those who have a bridge visa A in Australia need to return to their home country to handle urgent business or personal affairs. Applications for a bridge visa need to fill out the Form 1006 Application for a bridging visa B..
• Cross-border visa B must apply in Australia prior to departure, normally allowing the applicant to leave the country for up to three months. Please do not leave Australia without obtaining a bridge visa B, and the holder of a bridge visa A without a bridge visa B may not automatically enter Australia after leaving Australia. You need to apply for a new visa to re-enter the country.
• If the bridge visa B does not grant the right to work, the reapplication will not change this decision. If you want to get the right to work, you need to apply to the Australian Immigration Service and indicate that you have real financial difficulties in order to be allowed to work.

Bridge visa C

• For a person in Australia, who is applying for a substantive visa and who has become an illegal resident, the Form 1005 Application for a bridging visa, is required to apply for a bridge visa.
• The bridge visa C is cancelled immediately upon departure of the visa holder, and the bridge visa C cannot apply for the bridge visa B.
• Cross-Bridge Visa C does not provide the right to work. If the applicant wants to obtain the right to work, he or she needs to apply to the Australian Immigration Service and indicate that there are real financial difficulties to be allowed to work.

Bridge visa D

• Bridge visa D is issued only under very special circumstances and only for a very short period of time. There are two types of situations, one is that the visa does not hold a visa at present, or the visa will expire after three working days after applying for a bridge visa D, and five work days will be eligible to apply for a substantive visa; The second is that it does not currently hold a visa, is not qualified or does not want to apply for a substantive visa, and has not yet been given a face-to-face opportunity.
• Application requires Form 1007 Application for a bridging visa D
• Cross-bridge visa D is valid for only 5 working days and may apply for a substantive visa during the period, otherwise it will be required to leave Australia.
• A bridge visa D is not allowed to work in Australia.

Cross-Bridge Visa E

• If the applicant's substantive visa in Australia expires or is cancelled, does not hold a legal visa and is ready to leave the country automatically, he can go to the Immigration Service to apply for a bridge visa E to complete the departure formalities by filling in Form 1008-Application for a Bridging visa E.
• If the applicant is being imprisoned or holding a bridge visa E, then they apply for another temporary or permanent residence visa, and when waiting for the result of the visa application, they will only be able to obtain a bridge crossing visa E and fill in Form 1005-Application for a bridging visa.
• Cross-bridge visa E will generally be valid very short, generally 10 days or so allow illegal visa-free persons to prepare for automatic departure formalities. For those whose visas have been cancelled by the Australian Immigration Service within the validity period, 28 days after the date of the decision on the outcome of the appeal.
• Bridge visa E does not have the right to work and cannot leave Australia.

Application fee for cross-bridge visa

• Cross-bridge visa B $140
• Other categories free of charge