Amendments to prevent the grant of a Bridging visa E under regulation 2.25 to certain unlawful non-citizens
1 March 2003 - Legislation change
Client summary
From 1 March 2003, immigration law has been amended to provide that regulation 2.25 may only be applied to grant a non-citizen a Bridging E visa where the non-citizen is in criminal detention, or unwilling or unable to make a valid application for a Bridging visa E, and is not barred from making a valid application for a Bridging visa E by a provision in the Act or Regulations other than at item 1305 of Schedule 1.
Technical details
Additional information: This amendment will prevent the grant of a Bridging visa E under regulation 2.25 to a non-citizen who may be unable to make a valid application for a visa for reason of a legislative bar such as at ss 48 (Non-citizen refused a visa or whose visa cancelled may only apply for particular visas), 48A (Non-citizen refused a protection visa may not make further application for protection visa), or 501E (Refusal or cancellation of visa - prohibition on applying for other visas).
Transitional arrangements: Nil.
Forms: Nil.
Instructions: Policy instructions regarding this amendment will be included in MSI Bridging E visa (subclass 050) - Legislative Framework and further guidelines.
Effect on delegations: Nil.
Effect on systems: Nil.