Australia Bridging Visa A Subclass 010

You must:

• be in Australia at the time of apply
• if you meet all the eligibility requirements, be in Australia at time of grant

Step 1

Before you apply

Check if you already hold a BVA with VEVO.

Step 2

Gather your documents

Identity documents

Proof of hardship

Provide proof to support a change to your visa conditions.

Step 3

Apply for the visa

How you apply will depend mainly on:

• how you submitted for your new substantive visa (online or on paper based).
• if you are applying for judicial review

You must not apply differently for the BVA than you applied for your new substantive visa. Also, you must consider applying for the BVA on paper based if you need a bridging visa for judicial review. At the time of BVA application, you must be in Australia

Provide true and genuine information

Provide accurate information. See what happens if you cannot prove your identity or do not provide true information.

Apply online

If you submitted for your new substantive visa through ImmiAccount online

• Apply for the BVA online using ImmiAccount
• Log in to ImmiAccount.
• Upload all required documents.

Have your dependent family applications processed together and upload documents to their applications.

Apply on paper

If you applied paper-based application for your new substantive visa

Send your BVA application to the mail address that you sent your new substantive visa application to.

Step 4

After you apply

DHA will let you know when they have received your application and documents.

Wait for DHA to contact you.

Step 5

Visa outcome

DHA will let you know in writing our decision about your visa approval.

You and anyone included in your application must be in Australia when we make a decision.

If DHA grants your visa, you will be notified the following things:

• your visa grant number
• the date your visa starts
• your visa conditions, if applicable

• Identity documents
• Provide color copies of the pages of your current passport
• a national identity card, if you have one
• Proof of change of name
• A marriage or divorce certificate
• Change of name documents from an Australian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, or the relevant overseas authority
• Documents that show other names you have been known by
• Provide proof to support a change to your visa conditions.

There is no application fee for BVA

When you have this visa

stay lawfully in Australia until we make a decision on your application for a visa or review

To see your specific conditions, use VEVO.

Working in Australia:

If you get a BVA that does not permit you to work in Australia, you can apply for a further Bridging Visa with no conditions if you can prove financial hardship.

Department of Home Affairs will evaluate your situations in relation to your entitlement that you need to work. For permission to do work in Australia, if you do not meet the requirements for work, and you are still qualified for a Bridging visa A, DHA will grant you a new BVA with the same work prevention or limit condition that was on your preceding BVA.

You can’t be granted a new BVA that lets you work if:

• your BVA was granted to you because you have applied for judicial review of the decision made on your substantive visa application, and
• that BVA prevents or restricts you from working in Australia.