# Applications for Bridging F (Class WF) visas

> reg-2.20B — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

2.20B Applications for Bridging F (Class WF) visas
          (1) For subsection 46(2) of the Act, a Bridging F (Class WF) visa is a prescribed
              class of visa.
          (2) Despite regulation 2.07 and Schedule 1, and as an alternative to item 1306 of
              Schedule 1, an application for a Bridging F (Class WF) visa is taken to have been
              validly made by a non-citizen to whom subregulation 2.20(14) applies, or a
              non-citizen to whom subregulation 2.20(15) applies regardless of whether the
              non-citizen has been immigration cleared, if:
               (a) the non-citizen has been given an invitation in writing by the Minister, by
                    one of the methods specified in section 494B of the Act, to apply for the
                    visa; and
               (b) the non-citizen indicates in writing to Immigration, not later than 7 days
                    after the non-citizen is taken to have received that invitation, that he or she
                    accepts the invitation.
               Note:     See section 494C of the Act for when a person is taken to have received a document
                         given by one of the methods specified in section 494B of the Act.