Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115:reg:5:p29
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 29/34)
Character Range: 341404–343981

office of a Director of Public Prosecutions;
  has told Immigration in writing that suitable arrangements have been made for the care, safety and welfare of the non‑citizen in Australia for the proposed period of the bridging visa; and
 (b) a non‑citizen (a family member):
 (i) who is a member of the immediate family of a non‑citizen mentioned in paragraph (a); and
 (ii) in relation to whom the Minister has been told in writing, by an officer of the authority that told Immigration for the purposes of subparagraph (a)(iv), that suitable arrangements have been made for the care, safety and welfare of the family member in Australia for the proposed period of the bridging visa.
 (16) This subregulation applies to a non‑citizen:
 (a) who held an enforcement visa that has ceased to be in effect; and
 (b) who is an unlawful non‑citizen; and
 (d) who is in criminal detention.
 (17) This subregulation applies to a non‑citizen if:
 (a) the non‑citizen is an unlawful non‑citizen; and
 (b) section 195A of the Act is not available to the Minister in relation to the grant of a visa to the non‑citizen; and
 (c) the Minister is satisfied that the non‑citizen's removal from Australia is not reasonably practicable at that time.
 (18) This subregulation applies to a non‑citizen if there is no real prospect of the removal of the non‑citizen from Australia becoming practicable in the reasonably foreseeable future.
 (19) This subregulation applies to a non‑citizen if:
 (a) the non‑citizen is the holder of a Bridging R (Class WR) visa; and
 (b) either:
 (i) the visa was granted by the Minister under section 195A of the Act; or
 (ii) if the non‑citizen has previously held other Bridging R (Class WR) visas—the first of those visas was granted by the Minister under section 195A of the Act.

2.20A  Applications for Bridging R (Class WR) visas
 (1) For subsection 46(2) of the Act, a Bridging R (Class WR) visa is a prescribed class of visa.
 (2) An application for a Bridging R (Class WR) visa is taken to have been validly made by a person if:
 (a) the person has been given an invitation in writing by the Minister, by one of the methods specified in section 494B of the Act, to apply for the visa; and
 (b) the person indicates in writing to Immigration, not later than 7 days after the person is taken to have received that invitation, that he or she accepts the invitation.
Note 1: See section 494C of the Act for when a person is taken to have received a document given by one of the methods specified in section 494B of the Act.
Note 2: The Minister must not give a