Travelling Without a Bridging Visa B? Options for Applicants Outside Australia australian immigration practiceBridging Visa

Travelling Without a Bridging Visa B? Options for Applicants Outside Australia

When an onshore visa holder applies for a further visa that can also be granted onshore, they will usually receive an automatic Bridging Visa A (BVA). BVAs cover the gap in between one visa expiring, and the next one being issued so that the applicant does not need to leave. However, an active BVA will cease if the holder departs…
Sonia Campanaro
27 November, 2025
Conditions imposed on a Bridging Visa A (BVA) Bridging Visa

Conditions imposed on a Bridging Visa A (BVA)

A Bridging Visa A (BVA) is granted to individuals in Australia who, while holding a substantive visa, lodge a further substantive visa. The BVA would remain “out of effect” until the individual’s current substantive visa ceases, and come “into effect” the day following the visa expiry permitting the holder to remain in Australia during the processing of the new substantive…
Brittney McCann
19 July, 2024
What is a bridging visa, and what’s the difference between them? australian resident visaBridging VisaImmigration

What is a bridging visa, and what’s the difference between them?

Foreign residents in Australia normally hold “substantive visas” with clear expiry dates. A substantive visa is any visa which is not a bridging visa or a criminal justice visa or an enforcement visa. When people normally mention that they are holding a visa (e.g. a Visitor visa, a TSS visa, a Partner visa) they are usually referring to a substantive…
Mihan Hannan
1 April, 2021