It is difficult to obtain the precise number of bridging visa holders. Other bridging visa categories also exist, of which the most important are: Bridging Visa B, which allows the holder of a Bridging Visa A to travel overseas during a specified travel period and Bridging Visa E, usually granted where there has been a visa cancellation, on the expectation that the holder will use the grant to make arrangements to leave Australia. A holder of a Bridging Visa A is granted permission to work and study in Australia for as long as their substantive visa application remains undecided. The most common bridging visa is the Bridging Visa A, which typically attaches to a valid onshore application for a substantive visa. īridging visas are usually granted automatically upon making an onshore visa application, although they are not ‘activated’ until the expiration of the previous ‘substantive’ visa.īridging visas are by their nature temporary visas, which do not grant the right to permanent residency. Therefore, when someone applies for a visa onshore, the Migration Act 1958 allows for the granting of a bridging visa to allow them to remain in the country lawfully until a decision on their application is made. Given the current demands on the migration system, it is probable that in such a circumstance their student visa would expire before a decision is made on the new visa. For example, a person may initially come to Australia on a student visa to begin a degree, and upon finishing their studies, immediately apply for a graduate visa or a skilled visa without leaving Australia. Often migrants or visitors to Australia will enter on a time- or event-limited visa, and while here decide to make a further application ‘onshore’. What are bridging visas?Įveryone present in Australia who is not an Australia citizen is legally required to hold a visa.
This article examines some of the issues surrounding these developments. Since the reopening of Australia’s borders, there has been a surge in the number of visa applications, with a simultaneous explosion in the number of holders of bridging visas.
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