How long does it take to get a bridging visa

How long does it take to get a visa for? What is a bridging visa? This is the most common bridging visa, most of the time sitting ‘silently’ at the back of your substantive visa application.

Together with BVB also stands out as the most favourable type of bridging visa. How to apply and when granted: It is granted automatically when you make a valid application onshore for a substantive visa while still holding a valid previous substantive visa.

In certain cases you can also apply separately for BVA if you accidentally ‘lost’ it (see below) Typical scenario: You are validly applying for 1(ENS) visa while still being on 4visa. Or you are moving from eVisitor (651) visa into a student visa. You are can be also eligible for BVA after your substantive visa application has been refused and you are applying for a judicial review within prescribed time.

Working rights: BVA carries over working rights from your previous visa. So if your previous student visa had hours limitation, so will your BVA. The exceptions are BVA’s in relation to the appli.

See full list on visaaustralia. If you are on a BVA and are waiting for your previous refused or cancelled application to be reviewed at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal you will need to submit your BVB application by mail only.

Always give your time sufficient time before you travel. Whilst they can be granted within hours sometimes they can be delays for up to weeks. Typical scenario: After you have applied for a substantive visa you suddenly need to travel overseas due to family commitments. This is the first bridging visa in our listing that highlights problems in your visa situation (no current visa) and thus you’d better to avoid it.

To be eligible for BVC you need to meet certain requirements: 1. As a result you will be given BVC until a decision on your student visa application has been made. BVD is a short term bridging visa (valid for days) granted to people with no valid substantive visa (or someone whose substantive visa is about to expire in working days). The Bridging D (class WD) visa has two subclasses: 1. Subclass 0Bridging visa (Prospective Applicant) 2. Will be able to make a valid application within working days. The subclass 0(non-applicant) visa is available for people with no valid visa who: 1. Apart from BVA, this bridging visa is the second most popular visa.

Minister seeking Ministerial intervention 4. You have been located by Immigration without valid visa and the immigration officer determines that you are eligible for a BVE. However, under some circumstances a person will never be eligible for BVE, for example: 1. Generally speaking, initially the bridging visa you will be issued will be what is called a BVA. You must apply for review within the prescribed timeframe.

If you have applied within the prescribed timeframe, you may not need to apply for a further Bridging Visa. The timeframe for applying for judicial review is days from the date of the Tribunal’s decision. The Department usually takes a few days to process the application. Australia when they have not been immigration cleared 2. I married my husband on May 22nd. I am applying for partner visa today (onshore).

Will I need to leave the country until it is granted? For instance, if your student visa has expired and you are applying for a work visa , the bridging visa allows you to stay in the country legally before your visa is approved. If you have not applied for judicial review within the statutory timeframes, this may affect your eligibility to apply for a further bridging visa. Have substantial reasons for wanting to travel. Also if you are including your partner on a visa, you can expect it to take about – weeks for a decision.

Bridging (Prospective Applicant) Visas can be granted to you when you are about to become unlawful and you have attempted to lodge a substantive visa application but the application was invalid. You can apply for the bridging visa to allow you up to five days to lodge a valid application. I applied for my second BVB about days out and it was approved with no issues, but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend this. If you apply online, sometime it can be very quick taking only a day or few days but our recommendation is that you apply at least two weeks prior to your travel date.

Should you need a bridging visa to stay in. And how long it would take to get the bridging visa ? It took about months. I applied on Sept 1 and it got approved on Nov 17. I guess it will take very little for you guys.

Bridging Visa C (BVC) generally means you have lodged multiple visa applications onshore.