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DIBP no longer accept electronic Bridging Visa B applications
The DIBP no longer accept Bridging Visa B's electronically. The following is a message being sent to RMAs:
We are no longer able to accept Bridging Visa applications electronically.
It must be hand delivered to your nearest Immigration office or posted in. Posting it in may take up to 14 days to get to the Perth office for processing so it may be more beneficial to attend your nearest immigration office.
If you wish to post it the address is:
Department of Immigration
WA 457 Administration
Locked Bag 7
Northbridge, WA
6865
BRIDGING VISA B’s
If you currently hold a Bridging Visa A and intend to apply for a Bridging visa B to travel outside of Australia please attend your local Immigration Office to apply. If you are unable to attend an Immigration Office, you may complete Form 1006 and mail it to your nearest DIBP Office.
For DIBP Office locations locations please see http://www.immi.gov.au/Help/Locations/Pages/Australia.aspx.
If you intend to travel within the next 7 days and cannot attend a processing office, please include a note in your mailed application to advise on the date or travel with the words “URGENT BVB”.
If you send a Bridging visa application via email to this address it will not be a valid application and it will not be assessed.
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Tuesday, 03 February 2015Clients are being told in Melbourne that they are not allowed to lodge BVB applications in person - so what now?
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Tuesday, 03 February 2015
Really? Maybe they should post it in and wait 349274 days for a response?
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Tuesday, 03 February 2015Is there any reason why they have nominated Perth office...is it because it is in the middle of
B**F***nowhere, postcode 666 ( It isn't hell but you can see it from there) and decided to go all retro with a monkey mail option.
As per usual...no consultation, no feedback...just F**** you! -
Tuesday, 03 February 2015
last week, client form Canberra was told by DIBP office there that no "in person" BVB application in ACT anymore, suggesting her to go Sydney or by post. !~!@%!$%
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Tuesday, 03 February 2015
https://legend.immi.gov.au/Migration/2015/01-01-2015/legend_current_mi/Pages/document99991.aspx
There is an update in the new PAM policy but I could not find anything in the Schedule 1. It says Both forms can be lodged in person or sent by post to any office of the department in Australia. It will not be a valid application if it is lodged by electronic means, such as by fax, email or by uploading onto ImmiAccount.
DIBP is really screwing the people. -
Tuesday, 03 February 2015
A point to note. Sometimes, DIBP issued the BVB according to the exact date that the client is supposed to return to Australia, i.e. if the client provides a copy of the itinerary. For example, the client may depart a country say, 1 March 2015 at 11pm and arrived to Australia on 2 March 2015 but the BVB is only valid until 1 March 2015. And what happens if the flight was cancelled or delayed? I always insist DIBP to change the arrival date of the BVB if it was issued exactly on the estimated arrival date back to Australia. We need to help the DIBP staff to see the big picture.
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Friday, 24 July 2015
I haven't done one in a while, but IMMI usually gave 3 months as a matter of practice. Regardless a client needs to be told ask for longer than you expect because if there is a delay while client is overseas, the BVA cannot be extended.
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Friday, 24 July 2015
Migration Agents are REVOLTING!!!!!
Actaully we are not, BUT WE SHOULD. Christopher (not me, the other one) can you supply the name of a person in Canberra that we can barrage with emails protesting about this completely unnecessary restriction? How many of us have received a call from a client who got bad news by phone and really wants to travel on the next plane available, many clients are nowhere near an Immigration office, especially in circumstances where they have a lot of other things to be arranged.
I wrote a strongly worded protest to my CO in Perth last night, it wont change anything, so lets go to the top boys and girls.
Over to you Christopher. -
Wednesday, 02 September 2015
Hi! I work at education agent and one of my student is going to apply for bridging visa B in person at Brisbane Immigration Office on the day before her departure date. Would the immigration office give her Bridging visa B on spot ? If she can't get her Bridging visa B on time, can she leave Australia on Bridging visa A and come back with visitor visa? She is Japanese and she is on bridging visa A. She is waiting for her student visa to be approved at the moment.
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Friday, 04 September 2015
My wife is waiting for a Partner Visa, and is in Aust under a BVA. Her Grandmother is extremely sick and is expected to "pass" in the near future. Should she apply now for a BVB (with no fixed travel dates) or wait until she needs to travel and try to get the BVB urgently.
Thanks in advance -
Thursday, 03 September 2015
I would not risk it, just in case there is a problem with the form or there is a delay in processing. She is going to need to show immigration her ticket and also give them a reason as to why she needs to travel. Just lodge the BVB a couple of days in advance...
You run the risk that if she travels overseas on a BVA she might not be eligible for a visitor visa.. immigration might come back and say she is "not a genuine visitor" etc... -
Monday, 02 November 2015
I'm in Melbourne. Can I post my application for bridging visa B to any offices? The website is not clear. Please advise.
Thanks in advance. -
Wednesday, 02 December 2015
hello, i need to send my bvb forms but dont want to send to perth as i am in victoria, is there an address for melbourne ? thanks
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Tuesday, 16 August 2016
Hi. Where in Melbourne can we lodge the BVB form for travel to overseas? Does anyone know what the Fees for the visa is and how long does it take for it to get approved?
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Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Just spoke with an immigration officer and they told me you can now apply online which I have done. See website with PDF step by step guide.
https://www.border.gov.au/help-text/online-account/Documents/apply-bridging-visa.pdf -
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Bridging Visa B now accepted online
http://www.flightmigration.com.au/en/News/Detail/166/0
Step by step guide
https://www.border.gov.au/help-text/online-account/Documents/apply-bridging-visa.pdf -
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Following Gaby's post (thanks), I submiitted an online application on Tues around 4pm. It's now 10.30am Thurs, 2 days later, and i've just received an email approving my application, ie BV B was granted.
A side question: earlier this year when I applied, I received a BV B for multiple entry for 6 months. In today's email, the BV B states I must be back in Aust 10 days after the date of touchdown in Syd as stated in my e Ticket (which I submitted in the online application). Has anyone experienced this also? -
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
@Julian my BV B were the dates of my E-ticket plus 10 days extra at the end, just like yours. I'm unaware of the 6 months multiple entry that you mentioned. Sorry I couldn't have been of more help.
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Tuesday, 15 November 2016
does the bridging visa b sub class 010 delay on the time frame, coz iv been waiting now for 18 working days.
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Did they update the schedule 1 and the form 1006 itself saying the completed form may be lodged in person or sent by post to any office of the department in Australia?