Bridging E (Class WE)

(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.

(ba) Applicant must be an eligible non-citizen within the meaning of section 72 of the Act.

(c) If applicant is in immigration detention, an officer appointed under subregulation 2.10A(2) as a detention review officer for the State or Territory in which the applicant is detained has been informed of the application.

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

(e) If the applicant has applied at the same time and on the same form for a substantive visa, the application for the substantive visa is valid.

(f) The applicant has not previously held a Bridging E (Class WE) visa that has been cancelled by reason of a failure to comply with condition 8564 or 8566.

(g) The applicant has not previously held a visa that has been cancelled on a ground specified in paragraph 2.43(1)(p) or (q).