# Certain applications not valid bridging visa applications

> reg-2.07A — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

2.07A Certain applications not valid bridging visa applications
               An application for a substantive visa made on a form mentioned in
               subitem 1301(1), 1303(1) or 1305(1) of Schedule 1 is not a valid application for
               a Bridging A (Class WA), Bridging C (Class WC) or Bridging E (Class WE)
               visa in either of the following circumstances:
                 (a) the applicant was not in Australia when the application for the substantive
                     visa was made;
                 (b) the substantive visa is a visa of a kind that can only be granted if the
                     applicant is outside Australia.
               Note:     Other provisions relating to the making of applications for bridging visas are
                         regulations 2.10A, 2.10B and 2.20A.