Bridging Visas
There are five classes of bridging visas - they are used to make 'non-citizens' lawful who otherwise would be unlawful in the following situations:
- during the processing of an application, made in Australia, for a substantive visa (any visa which is not a bridging visa or criminal justice visa), including merits review of a decision to refuse such an application
- while arrangements are made to leave Australia
- at other times when the 'non-citizen' does not have a visa (for example, when seeking judicial review) and it is not necessary for the person to be kept in immigration detention.
Bridging visa information
PDF files
These documents are in PDF format to make printing easier - they require the Adobe Reader on your computer.
See: Using PDF Files
Information form 1024i Bridging Visas (63KB PDF file)
Bridging visa application forms
Form 1005, Application for bridging visa (248KB PDF file)
Form 1006, Application for Bridging B visa (220KB PDF file)
Form 1008, Application for Bridging E visa - subclass 050 (194KB PDF file)