Migration (Arrangements for Bridging visa applications) Amendment Instrument (LIN 24/045) 2024 (Cth)

Migration (Arrangements for Bridging visa applications) Amendment Instrument (LIN 24/045) 2024

I, Alison Garrod, delegate of the Minister, make the following instrument.

Dated 30 July 2024

Alison Garrod Assistant Secretary (Senior Executive Band 1) Temporary Visas Branch Department of Home Affairs

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Schedules Schedule 1—Amendments Migration (Arrangements for Bridging visa applications) Instrument (LIN 21/045) 2021

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

2 Commencement This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

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

4 Schedules Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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