# Bridging visa not affect visa applications

> act-s76 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

76 Bridging visa not affect visa applications
          (1) The fact that a non-citizen holds a bridging visa does not prevent or
              affect:
                (a) an application by the non-citizen for a visa of another class;
                    or
                (b) the grant of such a visa.










          (2) To avoid doubt, the holding by a non-citizen of a bridging visa is
              not to be taken to be, for the purposes of an application for a visa
              of another class, the holding of a visa.