This instrument is the Migration (Arrangements for Bridging visa applications) Amendment Instrument (LIN 24/045) 2024.

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

This instrument is made under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations).

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Migration (Arrangements for Bridging visa applications) Instrument (LIN 21/045) 2021

1 After subsection 4(6)

Insert:

(7) Despite subsection (1), for a Bridging E (Class WE) visa, form 866 and form 866 (Internet) are not approved forms if the applicant holds a Subclass 785 (Temporary Protection) visa or a Subclass 790 (Safe Haven Enterprise) visa.

2 Section 5

Omit:

“Note Regulation 2.10C of the Regulations provides for the time of making an Internet application.”

and substitute:

Note 1 Regulation 2.10C of the Regulations provides for the time of making an Internet application.

Note 2 An unlawful non-citizen located by an officer of Immigration may also apply for a bridging visa directly to that officer – see subregulations 2.10(2A) and (3) of the Regulations.

3 Section 6

Repeal the section, substitute:

6 Additional place and manner for making a Bridging D (Class WD) visa application

For paragraph 1304(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, an application for a Bridging D (Class WD) visa using paper form 1007:

(a) must not be made by any electronic means, including by fax or email; and

(b) must be made:

(i) in person at an interview with an officer of Immigration, but not in immigration clearance; or

(ii) by post to an office of Immigration in Australia.

4 After section 6

Insert:

7 Additional place and manner for making a Bridging E (Class WE) visa application

For paragraph 1305(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, an application for a Bridging E (Class WE) visa using paper form 1008:

(a) must not be made by any electronic means, including by fax or email; and

(b) must be made:

(i) for an applicant in immigration detention – by hand to an officer of Immigration; or

(ii) in person at an interview with an officer of Immigration, but not in immigration clearance; or

(iii) by post to an office of Immigration in Australia.

Note Subparagraphs 7(b)(ii) and 7(b)(iii) apply to any applicant, including an applicant in immigration detention.

5 Schedule 1 (table, item 5)

Omit “1005”.