Bridging A (Class WA)

(1) Form: The approved form specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for this item under subregulation 2.07(5).

(2) Visa application charge:

(a) first instalment (payable at the time the application is made):

Note: Regulation 2.12C explains the components of the first instalment of visa application charge and specifies the amounts of subsequent temporary application charge and non-Internet application charge. Not all of the components may apply to a particular application. Additional applicant charge is paid by an applicant who claims to be a member of the family unit of another applicant and seeks to combine the application with that applicant’s application.

(b) the second instalment (payable before grant of visa) is nil.

(3) Other:

(a) An application must be made at the place, and in the manner, (if any) specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for this item under subregulation 2.07(5).

(b) Applicant must be in Australia but not in immigration clearance.

(c) Either:

(i) the applicant has made a valid application for a substantive visa that has not been finally determined; or

(ii) application has been made, within statutory time limits, for judicial review of a decision in relation to the applicant’s substantive visa application, and the judicial review proceedings (including proceedings on appeal, if any) have not been completed.

(d) Applicant must:

(i) hold a substantive visa; or

(ii) hold a Bridging A (Class WA) or Bridging B (Class WB) visa and have held a substantive visa when he or she made the substantive visa application; or

(iii) have held a substantive visa when he or she made the substantive visa application referred to in paragraph (c); or

(iv) have previously held a Bridging A (Class WA) visa granted under regulation 2.21A in respect of the substantive visa referred to in paragraph (c); or

(v) hold or have previously held a Bridging E (Class WE) visa granted under regulation 2.24A.

(da) Either:

(i) the applicant is not a person in respect of whom a weapons of mass destruction determination has been made; or

(ii) if the applicant is a person in respect of whom a weapons of mass destruction determination has been made—the Foreign Minister, or a person authorised by the Foreign Minister, has subsequently determined that the applicant is no longer a person whose presence in Australia may be directly or indirectly associated with the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

(e) If the last substantive visa held by the applicant was cancelled:

(i) the decision to cancel that visa has been set aside by the ART; or

(ii) if that visa was cancelled under section 137J of the Act:

(A) the cancellation has been revoked; or

(B) a decision not to revoke the cancellation has been set aside by the ART.

(f) Applicant is not in immigration detention or criminal detention.

(g) Application by a person claiming to be a member of the family unit of a person who is an applicant for a Bridging A (Class WA) visa may be made at the same time and place as, and combined with, the application by that person.