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Provision Reference: sch 2 (pt 1/80)
Character Range: 1204594–1207307

Schedule 2—Provisions with respect to the grant of Subclasses of visas

Subclass 010—Bridging A
010.1—Interpretation
Note: ART is defined in subsection 5(1) of the Act. Compelling need to work and criminal detention are defined in regulation 1.03. For eligible non‑citizen, see regulation 2.20. There are no interpretation provisions specific to this Part.
010.2—Primary criteria
Note: All applicants must satisfy the primary criteria.
010.21—Criteria to be satisfied at the time of application

010.211
 (1) The applicant meets the requirements of subclause (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6).
 (2) An applicant meets the requirements of this subclause if:
 (a) the applicant has made, in Australia, a valid application for a substantive visa of a kind that can be granted if the applicant is in Australia; and
 (b) that application has not been finally determined; and
 (c) he or she held a substantive visa at the time that application was made; and
 (d) either:
 (i) he or she has applied for a bridging visa in respect of that application; or
 (ii) a bridging visa can be granted in respect of that application under regulation 2.21B.
 (3) An applicant meets the requirements of this subclause if:
 (a) the applicant:
 (i) has made, in Australia, a valid application for a substantive visa of a kind that can be granted if the applicant is in Australia; and
 (ii) held a substantive visa when he or she made the application; and
 (aa) that application was refused; and
 (b) either:
 (i) the applicant, or the Minister, has applied, within statutory time limits, for judicial review of a decision in relation to the applicant's substantive visa application; or
 (ii) the applicant:
 (A) is a member of the family unit of a person whose substantive visa application is the subject of the judicial review proceedings mentioned in subparagraph (i); and
 (B) made a substantive visa application that was combined with the substantive visa application mentioned in subparagraph (i); and
 (c) at the time of that application, he or she held a Bridging A (Class WA) or Bridging B (Class WB) visa; and
 (d) the judicial review proceedings (including proceedings on appeal, if any) are not completed.
 (4) An applicant meets the requirements of this subclause if:
 (a) the applicant:
 (i) holds a Bridging A (Class WA) or Bridging B (Class WB) visa that:
 (A) was granted as a result of a valid application, made in Australia, for a substantive visa of a kind that could be granted if the applicant was in Australia; and
 (B) is subject to conditions 8101, 8102, 8103, 8104, 8105, 8107, 8108, 8111, 8112, 8115, 8547, 8607 or 8608; and
 (ii) held a substantive visa when he or she made the substantive visa application; and
 (b)