MorganHarris96 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Hi Guys, I am currently on 417 Working Holiday Visa, I am just about to take the plunge and apply/pay for the 820/801 De Facto Visa. I am seeing some contradicting statements around the conditions of the BVA Bridging Visa. My questions are: 1. Once my Working Holiday has expired in September, and my BVA starts – will I have full unrestricted working rights such as the 820 would grant me or will the conditions of the 417 visa transfer i.e. only being able to work with one employer for 6 months at a time? 2. Once you have paid for the visa, do you receive your BVA instantly (even though it does not come into effect until my 417 expires) or is when my current visa ends that I receive this? Appreciate the thoughts or stories of anyone who has been through a similar situations Cheers :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 An agent on here recently posted that a bridging visa to a partner visa has no conditions attached so you should have unrestricted work rights. Think that was someone bridging from a 457 but should be the same. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhand Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, MorganHarris96 said: Hi Guys, I am currently on 417 Working Holiday Visa, I am just about to take the plunge and apply/pay for the 820/801 De Facto Visa. I am seeing some contradicting statements around the conditions of the BVA Bridging Visa. My questions are: 1. Once my Working Holiday has expired in September, and my BVA starts – will I have full unrestricted working rights such as the 820 would grant me or will the conditions of the 417 visa transfer i.e. only being able to work with one employer for 6 months at a time? 2. Once you have paid for the visa, do you receive your BVA instantly (even though it does not come into effect until my 417 expires) or is when my current visa ends that I receive this? Appreciate the thoughts or stories of anyone who has been through a similar situations Cheers As above: 1. Yes, unrestricted - partner application BVs have nil conditions. 2. Usually instantly. Edited February 20, 2019 by paulhand 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganHarris96 Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 Thank you guys, that is great news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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