Bridging C (Class WC)

(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) both of the following apply:

(A) 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 proceedings (including proceedings on appeal, if any) have not been completed;

(B) the applicant held a Bridging C (Class WC) visa granted on the basis of the applicant’s substantive visa application.

(ca) Applicant must be:

(i) a person who is immigration cleared; or

(ii) an eligible non-citizen referred to in subregulation 2.20(6).

(d) Applicant:

(i) was not the holder of a substantive visa when he or she made the substantive visa application referred to in paragraph (c); and

(ii) does not hold a Bridging E (Class WE) visa (other than a Bridging E (Class WE) visa granted under regulation 2.24A); and

(iii) has not held a Bridging E (Class WE) visa (other than a Bridging E (Class WE) visa granted under regulation 2.24A) since he or she last held a substantive visa.

(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) Applicant is not in immigration detention or in criminal detention and has not escaped from either immigration detention or criminal detention.

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