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If you need to travel, you need to apply for a Bridging visa B before leaving or apply for a new visa from outside Australia.

You are eligible for a bridging visa B if you: Hold or held previously a substantive visa. Hold or held a bridging visa A or bridging visa B.

Initial assessment means we are assessing your application. Further assessment means we are assessing the information we requested from you. Finalised means we have made a decision. We will notify you by email or post.

The Bridging Visa A currently is free and there are no processing times for this visa. Typically it is granted within a few days of applying provided you are eligible for this visa. The Bridging Visa A allows you to: This is a temporary visa.

Only one chance! Unfortunately, if you hold a BVC or a BVD or a BVE then you can't apply for a BVB. It's like losing your virginity. Think of it this way – if you hold a BVC or BVD or BVE, you can never go back to get a BVB.

Generally, if you are able to apply for a substantive visa (substantive visas are visas other than a bridging visa), there is nothing to stop you from applying for 2 visas at the same time. If you are applying for 2 visas at the same time, the Department will grant you 2 bridging visas.

If a bridging visa was not to be granted, then it would mean that you would be an unlawful non-citizen, present in Australia for that period between when your substantive visa expires and your further visa is decided.

If you apply for a new visa before your current Substantive visa expires we will usually grant you a Bridging visa A (BVA) or alternative bridging visa. In most cases you apply for the bridging visa automatically as part of applying for a visa.