# Bridging (Removal Pending) > visa-070 — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text Subclass 070—Bridging (Removal Pending) 070.1—Interpretation 070.111 In this Part: eligible non-citizen has the meaning given in regulation 2.20. Note: See regulation 2.20A for how an application for a Bridging R (Class WR) visa is taken to have been validly made. serious offence means an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory where: (a) it is an offence punishable by imprisonment for life or for a period, or maximum period, of at least 5 years; and (b) the particular conduct constituting the offence involves or would involve: (i) loss of a person’s life or serious risk of loss of a person’s life; or (ii) serious personal injury or serious risk of serious personal injury; or (iii) sexual assault; or (iv) the production, publication, possession, supply or sale of, or other dealing in, child abuse material (within the meaning of Part 10.6 of the Criminal Code); or (v) consenting to or procuring the employment of a child, or employing a child, in connection with material referred to in subparagraph (iv); or (vi) acts done in preparation for, or to facilitate, the commission of a sexual offence against a person under 16; or (vii) domestic or family violence (including in the form of coercive control); or (viii) threatening or inciting violence towards a person or group of persons on the ground of an attribute of the person or one or more members of the group; or (ix) people smuggling; or (x) human trafficking. vulnerable person means a person who: (a) is at least 18; and (b) has a disability. 070.2—Primary criteria Note: All applicants must satisfy the primary criteria. 070.21—Criteria to be satisfied at time of application 070.211 The applicant is an eligible non-citizen referred to in subregulation 2.20(12) who is taken to have made an application in accordance with subregulation 2.20A(2). 070.22—Criteria to be satisfied at time of decision 070.221 The applicant continues to satisfy the criterion set out in clause 070.211. 070.222 The Minister is satisfied that, if the bridging visa is granted, the applicant will abide by the conditions to which the visa is subject. 070.223 The applicant satisfies public interest criteria 4001 and 4002. 070.3—Secondary criteria: Nil. Note: All applicants must satisfy the primary criteria. 070.4—Circumstances applicable to grant 070.411 The applicant must be in immigration detention when the visa is granted. 070.5—When visa is in effect 070.511 Bridging visa: (a) coming into effect on grant or as soon as the visa is taken to be granted under paragraph 76A(3)(a) or 76AA(2)(b) or (3)(c) of the Act; and (b) permitting the holder to remain in Australia; and (c) ceasing at the earliest of the following: (i) when the Minister gives a written notice to the holder, by one of the methods specified in section 494B of the Act, stating that the Minister is satisfied that the holder’s removal from Australia is reasonably practicable; (ii) when the Minister gives a written notice to the holder, by one of the methods specified in section 494B of the Act, stating that the holder has breached a condition to which the visa is subject; (iii) when the Minister grants the holder another Bridging R (Class WR) visa under regulation 2.25AB. 070.6—Conditions 070.611 (1) If the visa is not a visa that is taken to be granted under paragraph 76AA(2)(b) or (3)(c) of the Act: (a) conditions 8303, 8513, 8514, 8541, 8542 and 8543 must be imposed; and (b) condition 8401 must be imposed if condition 8621 is not imposed under subclause 070.612A(1). (2) If the visa is taken to be granted under paragraph 76AA(2)(b) or (3)(c) of the Act, conditions 8401, 8513, 8514, 8541, 8542, 8543, 8551, 8552, 8553, 8554, 8555, 8556, 8560, 8561, 8562, 8563, 8614 and 8625 must be imposed. 070.612 If the Minister has granted the visa under section 195A of the Act or regulation 2.25AA or 2.25AB, conditions 8551, 8552, 8553, 8554, 8555, 8556, 8560, 8561, 8562, 8563, 8564, 8614, 8616 and 8625 must be imposed, in addition to any other condition imposed by or under another provision of this Division. 070.612A (1) In this clause, each of the following conditions is a community protection condition: (a) condition 8617; (b) condition 8618; (c) condition 8612; (d) condition 8615; (e) condition 8626; (f) condition 8622; (g) condition 8623; (h) condition 8624: (i) condition 8621; (j) condition 8620. Note: The order in which the community protection conditions are listed is intentional: see subclause (3). (2) The Minister must impose a community protection condition if: (a) subclause (6) applies to the visa; and (b) despite the other conditions imposed on the visa by or under this subclause or another provision of this Division, the Minister is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the holder poses a substantial risk of seriously harming any part of the Australian community by committing a serious offence; and (c) the Minister is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the imposition of the condition (in addition to the other conditions imposed by or under this subclause or another provision of this Division) is: (i) reasonably necessary; and (ii) reasonably appropriate and adapted; for the purpose of protecting any part of the Australian community from serious harm by addressing that substantial risk; and (d) for condition 8612, 8615, 8626, 8622 or 8623—the holder has been convicted of any one or more of the following offences: (i) an offence in which the victim was a minor or vulnerable person; (ii) an offence involving production, publication, possession, supply or sale of, or other dealing in, child abuse material (within the meaning of Part 10.6 of the Criminal Code); (iii) an offence that involves consenting to or procuring the employment of a child, or employing a child, in connection with material referred to in subparagraph (ii); (iv) an offence that involves acts done in preparation for, or to facilitate, the commission of a sexual offence against a person under 16; and (e) for condition 8624—the holder has been convicted of an offence involving violence or sexual assault. Note: See regulation 2.25AE for the period for which the visa is subject to a community protection condition (if imposed). (3) Subject to subclause (4), the order in which the community protection conditions are listed in subclause (1) is the order in which the Minister must decide whether or not to impose the condition on the visa. Note: The order in which the conditions are listed in subclause (1) is also the order required for the purposes of subsection 76E(4A) of the Act. (4) The Minister is not required to consider whether to impose a community protection condition mentioned in paragraph (2)(d) or (e) unless the holder has been convicted of an offence mentioned in that paragraph that requires the imposition of the condition. Note: For example, if the holder has not been convicted of an offence mentioned in paragraph (2)(d), the Minister: (a) must not impose community protection condition 8612, 8615, 8626, 8622 or 8623; and (b) is not required to consider whether or not to impose such a condition. (5) Community protection conditions imposed by or under this clause are in addition to any other condition imposed by or under another provision of this Division. (6) This subclause applies to a visa if: (a) the visa was granted under regulation 2.25AA and, at the time of grant, there was no real prospect of the removal of the holder from Australia becoming practicable in the reasonably foreseeable future; or (b) the visa was granted under regulation 2.25AB; or (c) the visa was granted under section 195A of the Act. (7) Nothing in this clause requires the Minister to decide whether or not to impose a community protection condition if the visa must, under subsection 76E(4) of the Act, be granted without it being subject to that condition. 070.613 In addition to any other condition imposed by or under another provision of this Division, if the person to whom the visa would be granted has signed a code of behaviour that is in effect for the Subclass 050 (Bridging (General)) visa, condition 8566 may be imposed. Note: The requirement to sign a code of behaviour may be imposed in accordance with section 195A of the Act. 070.614 If the visa is not a visa taken to be granted under paragraph 76AA(2)(b) or (3)(c) of the Act, condition 8506 may be imposed in addition to any other condition imposed by or under another provision of this Division.