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Bridging visa E (Subclass 050 and 051)

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

Bridging visa E (BVE) is a temporary bridging visa with two subclasses. Subclass 050 lets a person stay lawfully in Australia while they make arrangements to leave, finalise their immigration matter, or wait for an immigration decision. Subclass 051 exists specifically to let certain non-citizens stay lawfully in Australia while their Protection visa application is being processed.

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  • Subclass 050 — Overview tab
    This visa lets you stay lawfully in Australia while you make arrangements to leave, finalise your immigration matter or wait for an immigration decision.
  • Subclass 051 — Overview tab
    This visa lets you stay in Australia while your Protection visa application is being processed.

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

Subclass 050 covers a person who must be an unlawful non-citizen, the holder of a BVE (subclass 050), or the holder of a Bridging D visa (BVD, subclass 041) at the time they apply. Subclass 051 covers a narrower population: a non-citizen in immigration detention who has applied for a Protection visa (or is seeking judicial review of a protection visa refusal) and meets other specific requirements.

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

For subclass 050, becoming an unlawful non-citizen, or already holding a BVE (subclass 050) or a Bridging D visa (subclass 041), is what activates eligibility to apply. For subclass 051, the trigger is having been refused or having bypassed immigration clearance and come to the Department's notice within 45 days of entering Australia, combined with being in immigration detention and having applied for (or being pursuing judicial review of) a Protection visa application.

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What sponsor, authority, nomination, certification, evidence or other step must occur before the status can be obtained?

Both subclasses require the applicant to meet the Department's character requirement (other family members included in the application may also need to meet it). Subclass 051 additionally requires the applicant and any family members applying with them to meet the health requirement. Neither subclass involves a sponsor or nomination, and there is no fee for a BVE application.

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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?

Subclass 050 lets a person stay lawfully in Australia while they make arrangements to leave, finalise their immigration matter, or wait for an immigration decision; subclass 051 lets certain non-citizens stay lawfully while their Protection visa application is being processed. Family members can be included in the same Bridging visa E application, for both subclasses, if they seek to satisfy the same grant criteria as the main applicant; Form 1008 requires all additional applicants to be listed. Family members seeking to satisfy different criteria must lodge a separate Form 1008 application.

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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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