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Bridging visa A (BVA) (Subclass 010)

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What exactly is the official special programme/status and why does it exist?

This is the Bridging visa A (BVA), subclass 010 — a temporary bridging visa (not a substantive migration category) that generally lets a person stay lawfully in Australia after their current substantive visa ceases and while a new substantive visa application, or related judicial review, is being processed.

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    This temporary visa generally allows you to stay in Australia after your current substantive visa ceases and while your new substantive visa application is being processed.

Which specific population, role, circumstance or historical/legal situation does it cover?

It is for people in Australia who hold or have held a substantive visa and have made a valid application for a new substantive visa that has not been finally determined, or have applied for judicial review of a decision on that application within the prescribed timeframe. There is no age restriction, but applicants must meet the character requirement.

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What circumstance, event, relationship, nomination, invitation or status activates access?

The trigger is being in Australia with a pending substantive visa application (or a pending tribunal/judicial review of a refused one). Applications must be lodged online, via ImmiAccount or the online webform — since 1 August 2022 in-person or paper lodgement is no longer available.

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    From 1 August 2022, the option to apply for a Bridging visa A (BVA), B (BVB) and C (BVC) in-person or via a paper form will no longer be available.
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    Applications for a Bridging visa A, B or C mu​​st be made online via ImmiAccount or the online webform​.​
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What sponsor, authority, nomination, certification, evidence or other step must occur before the status can be obtained?

Before grant, the applicant must hold or have held a substantive visa, be in Australia at the time of application (and at grant if all requirements are met), and, if relying on a review, lodge an Administrative Appeals Tribunal application or judicial review within the prescribed timeframe (35 days from the Tribunal's decision for judicial review); missing that timeframe can affect eligibility for a further bridging visa.

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What immigration status and rights result, how long do they last, can family be included, and what happens if the special qualifying circumstance ends?

The result is lawful temporary stay in Australia, free of charge, until the substantive visa application is finally determined (or, where granted in association with judicial review, until those proceedings are completed), with permission to work if the work-related requirements are met. The official source does not state whether family members can be included.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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