# When eligible non-citizen in immigration detention granted visa

> act-s75 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

75 When eligible non-citizen in immigration detention granted visa
          (1) If:
                (a) an eligible non-citizen who is in immigration detention
                    makes an application for a bridging visa of a prescribed class;
                    and
                (b) the Minister does not make a decision, within the prescribed
                    period, to grant or refuse to grant the bridging visa;
              the non-citizen is taken to have been granted a bridging visa of the
              prescribed class on prescribed conditions (if any) at the end of that
              period.
          (2) The period in subsection (1) may be extended in relation to a
              particular application by agreement between the applicant and the
              Minister.