Department of Home Affairs (the Department) website. It used to be that the travel period rarely exceeded months, but my first BVB was approved for months and my second for months. Both of these were for personal travel!
Bridging visa B applications continue to be processed. The BVB will allow you to stay in Australia while you await the processing of the your substantive visa. What does bridging visa mean?
A bridging visa C (BVC) grants one a legal stay in Australia awaiting the processing of a substantive visa not held before. If the bridging visa you currently hold has a condition that prevents you from working and you wish to apply for a new bridging visa without any work conditions. It allows a person to remain lawfully in Australia after their current substantive visa ends and while their new substantive visa application is being processed.
And it will allow the BVB holder to leave Australia, and to freely return again during the travel period. The bridging visa b subclass 0is basically a provisional connecting visa that permits the holder to continue living lawfully in Australia till the verdict of his or her claim for a substantive visa is decided. The BVB costs AUD14 takes one to three weeks to process, and allows the applicant to be outside of Australia for three months, if they have substantial reasons for needing to leave.