Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115:reg:5:p30
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 30/34)
Character Range: 343788–346287

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 person an invitation, for the purposes of paragraph (a) of this subregulation, while a community safety order made in relation to the person is in force (see paragraph 76AA(7)(a) of the Act).

2.20B  Applications for Bridging F (Class WF) visas
 (1) For subsection 46(2) of the Act, a Bridging F (Class WF) visa is a prescribed class of visa.
 (2) Despite regulation 2.07 and Schedule 1, and as an alternative to item 1306 of Schedule 1, an application for a Bridging F (Class WF) visa is taken to have been validly made by a non‑citizen to whom subregulation 2.20(14) applies, or a non‑citizen to whom subregulation 2.20(15) applies regardless of whether the non‑citizen has been immigration cleared, if:
 (a) the non‑citizen 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 non‑citizen indicates in writing to Immigration, not later than 7 days after the non‑citizen is taken to have received that invitation, that he or she accepts the invitation.
Note: 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.

2.21  Most beneficial bridging visas (Act, s 68(4)(b)(ii))
 (1) For the purposes of subparagraph 68(4)(b)(ii) of the Act (which deals with the order in which bridging visas are reactivated), if a non‑citizen holds more than 1 bridging visa, the bridging visa that is the most beneficial is to be determined as set out in this regulation.
 (2) The order of classes from most beneficial to least beneficial is:
 (a) Bridging B (Class WB) visa;
 (b) Bridging A (Class WA) visa;
 (c) Bridging C (Class WC) visa;
 (d) Bridging D (Class WD) visa;
 (da) Bridging R (Class WR) visa;
 (e) Bridging E (Class WE) visa;
 (f) Bridging F (Class WF) visa.
 (3) A bridging visa of Class WA, WB or WC that confers an unlimited right to work is taken to be more beneficial than another bridging visa of the same class that confers a limited right to work, and a bridging visa of one of those classes that confers a limited right to work is taken to be more beneficial than one of the same class that confers no right to work.
 (4) A bridging visa of Class WA, WB or WC is taken to be more beneficial than another