Detailed introduction to the substantive visa and valid visa for studying in Australia in 2018

Many students will choose to study in Australia, so what common sense do they need to know when applying for a study visa in Australia? Let’s take a look together! The following is a detailed introduction to the substantive visas and valid visas for studying in Australia in 2018 that I compiled. Welcome to read.

Australia has two types of visas, one is substantive visa. Such as student visa, work visa, various temporary or permanent residence visas, etc. The other type is the bridging visa. Bridging visas are divided into A, B, C, D, and E. The further back the visa is, the more restrictions there are, such as not being able to work, not being able to leave the country, etc. The purpose of establishing a bridging visa is to give visa applicants in Australia a legal status to wait in Australia to see if their application for another substantive visa is successful. In other words, visa applicants who submit their applications outside Australia do not have a bridging visa.

An applicant can apply for multiple substantive visas at the same time. For example, apply for graduate visa 485, skilled immigrant visa 189 and work visa 457 at the same time. But each person can only get one substantive visa at the same time. The substantive visa granted later will overwrite the previous substantive visa. If two substantive visas are approved at the same time, such as 485 and 189, then the visa that is most beneficial to you will prevail and cover the other visa.

Every time you apply for a substantive visa in Australia, there will be a corresponding bridging visa. If you apply for two substantive visas while holding one substantive visa, then you will have two bridging visas A. Bridging visa A is only valid within Australia and will become invalid immediately upon leaving Australia.

If you have a substantive visa, no matter how many bridging visas you have, the bridging visa will not work. The bridging visa will not take effect until your substantive visa expires; if you have a student visa that has not expired, you must abide by the conditions of the student visa.

If you hold a valid visa and apply for another visa, then the new application will be followed by a bridge A. If you have a student visa and then apply for visa 485, then when you apply for visa 485, you will also apply for a bridging visa A. When you receive confirmation of submission of a new application, a Bridging Visa A will be issued at the same time.

Some visas allow you to apply while holding a bridging visa in Australia; although some visas allow you to apply while holding a bridging visa in Australia, you must provide reasonable reasons to explain why you are not allowed to apply. Do not submit a visa application in Australia while holding a bridging visa; if the explanation is insufficient, the visa application will be refused.

If you have a substantive visa, such as a student visa, and a bridging visa (for example, you have applied for visa 189). When your substantive visa is about to expire and you want to leave Australia and then re-enter, there are two situations. The first is if you return to Australia before your substantive visa expires, then you don’t need to do anything before leaving the country. , directly use your existing substantive visa to leave the country and re-enter; after returning to Australia, you need to go to the Immigration Bureau to get back the bridging visa A. Because when you leave Australia, your bridging visa A becomes invalid. After returning to Australia, you must get back the bridging visa before your substantive visa expires in order to legally transition to a bridging visa. If you forget to apply for Bridging Visa A, you will become an illegal resident in Australia when your substantive visa expires. Although you may eventually get another visa, this history of being an illegal resident will affect your application for Australian citizenship. In the second case, if you return to Australia after your substantive visa expires, you need to apply for Bridging Visa B. When you leave the country, bridging visa A becomes invalid immediately, and when your substantive visa expires, bridging visa B becomes effective. Bridging visa B allows you to enter Australia smoothly. After entry, bridging visa B will continue to be valid without further notification to the Immigration Bureau.

If you do not have a substantive visa, but have multiple bridging visas, such as A and C. This situation is, for example, you applied for a graduate visa before your student visa expires , that is, you have a bridging visa A, and then your student visa expires and the bridging visa A takes effect, and then you submit a permanent residence visa 189, then you will have another bridging visa C. In this case, the priority of bridging visa A will be effective, but the priority of bridging visa C will not be effective.

If you do not have a substantive visa, but have multiple bridging visas, such as A and C or two A, etc., having several bridging visas means that you have applied for several visas and are waiting for them. , if one of the visa applications is rejected, you can also use other bridging visas to wait for other applications.

If your other visa applications are rejected when you hold an Australian substantive visa, you can submit another visa application. If you only hold a bridging visa and one of your visa applications is rejected, you will not be able to apply for most visas in Australia, with the exception of a few application categories, such as applying for refugee or child immigration, etc.

If you no longer have a substantive visa in Australia, but have a bridging visa A and a bridging visa C, because bridging visa A has priority over C, bridging visa C will not work. The function is bridging visa A. If your bridging visa A was granted when you submitted other visa applications while holding a student visa, then your bridging visa A will have the same conditions as your student visa, such as not working more than 40 hours per fortnight. wait.

Although you have a bridging visa C, which does not allow you to work, C is not working and A is working, so you can still work.