Which Conditions Carry Over to a New Bridging Visa A (010)? Clause 010.611 in Practice (2026)

A new Bridging visa A (BVA, subclass 010) rarely starts from a blank page. Under clause 010.611 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994, the conditions on a newly granted BVA are worked out from five defined situations, and in the default case the answer is blunt: whatever was on the applicant's last bridging visa comes back. Clause 010.611(4) attaches the conditions that were on the Bridging visa A or Bridging visa B the applicant held at the time of applying or at the time of grant — the listed set includes 8101, 8102, 8103, 8104, 8105, 8107, 8108, 8111, 8112, 8114, 8115, 8539, 8547, 8549, 8607 and 8608. This follows the Department of Home Affairs Bridging visa A (BVA) (Subclass 010) page as at August 2026, read with clause 010.611 and the department's PAM3 guidance. It is general information about how the rule is put together, not advice on any individual case; the current text on the Federal Register of Legislation and the department's published guidance govern, and a practitioner should be consulted before relying on it for a live application.

What does clause 010.611 actually decide?

It is a routing rule, not a fixed list of conditions. Once a decision maker is satisfied that the applicant meets the time-of-application criteria in clause 010.211 and still meets them at decision, 010.611 tells them which box the case falls into and therefore what, if anything, must be attached. The department's own position is consistent with that: visa holders must comply with the conditions imposed on their visa, and a person granted a BVA is notified of the conditions that apply.

How do the five situations in 010.611 break down?

Situation	Who it covers	Conditions that result
010.611(1)	Applicant granted the BVA because of a compelling need to work (clause 010.211(4)); a protection visa applicant other than the case in 010.611(2); a class specified in writing by the Minister	No conditions
010.611(2)	Protection visa applicant who meets 010.211(3) — judicial review	8101 (no work), and only if 8101 applied to the last visa held
010.611(3)	BVA granted under regulation 2.21A	No conditions
010.611(3A)–(3E)	Specified visa classes, including skilled provisional, business skills, employer nomination and parent categories	8501 (health insurance), 8107 (work limitation), 8607 (work limitation), as applicable
010.611(4)	Every other case	The conditions on the last BVA or BVB held at time of application or grant

The first four limbs are the exceptions. Practitioners who assume the carry-over rule is universal are the ones who get caught, because limbs (1) and (3) produce a condition-free visa and limb (2) attaches a single, specific condition rather than a set.

Where do the class-specific conditions bite in practice?

PAM3 gives two concrete illustrations of the (3A)–(3E) limbs. For applicants whose last substantive visa was a Subclass 457 or Subclass 482, if that visa carried condition 8107 or 8501, the BVA must carry the same condition. For Subclass 103 and Subclass 143 parent visa applicants, the BVA must carry 8501, and if the last substantive visa held carried 8104 or 8303, those must be attached too.

These are the cases where the carry-over logic runs against the last substantive visa rather than the last bridging visa, and they are easy to miss if the check is done purely by looking at VEVO for the previous BVA.

Which applicants end up with no conditions at all?

Two limbs produce a nil outcome: 010.611(1) and 010.611(3). PAM3 also sets out a list of subclasses whose applicants are granted a BVA without conditions — Subclass 820 and 801 (partner), 804 (aged parent), 884 and 864 (contributory aged parent), 132 (business talent), 188 and 888 (business innovation and investment), 186 (employer nomination), 494 and 491 (regional skilled), 187, 189, 190, 489, 887, 457 and 482.

The same guidance qualifies the 457 and 482 entry: where the last visa held carried 8107 or 8501, that condition must be attached. Read together, the list is a starting point, not an override — the qualification operates on the actual conditions of the last visa held.

Does the last substantive visa matter, or the last bridging visa?

Both, depending on the limb. The default carry-over in 010.611(4) looks backwards to the previous BVA or BVB, not to the previous substantive visa. The parent and 457/482 illustrations above look to the last substantive visa instead. And there is a separate timing rule that clients routinely misread: if the applicant still holds a substantive visa when the BVA is granted, they must keep complying with the substantive visa's conditions; the BVA conditions only govern once that substantive visa ceases.

So a client can be subject to one set of conditions on Monday and a different set on Tuesday, with no change to the visa itself. The department describes the BVA as coming "into effect" when it is granted (where the substantive visa has already ceased since the BVA application was made, or the BVA is more beneficial), when the current substantive visa ceases, or when another more beneficial bridging visa ceases.

What if the client needs to work and the carried-over condition says no?

The department's position is that a person whose BVA does not allow work, or allows it only with restrictions, can apply for another BVA that does allow work, and will usually have to demonstrate financial hardship. If the requirements for work are not met but the person is still eligible for a BVA, the department grants a new BVA carrying the same work prevention or restriction condition as the previous one — the carry-over mechanism again.

There are two hard bars. A new BVA that lets the person work cannot be granted if the current BVA prevents or restricts work and either that BVA was granted because the applicant has applied for judicial review of the substantive visa decision, or the applicant has applied for a protection visa. PAM3 adds that protection visa applicants cannot use clause 010.211(4) as a route to work permission, and that during judicial review a protection visa applicant may instead receive condition 8101.

What has to be recorded, and where?

PAM3 places condition determination as a discrete step in the decision flow: determine the conditions under clause 010.611, then manually select and record them in ICSE. "Manually" is the operative word — the autogrant process under section 495A and instrument LIN 19/295 can grant a BVA without a case officer touching it, and PAM3 requires the officer to confirm whether autogrant has occurred and whether the system is functioning. An autogranted BVA is not evidence that the condition limb was consciously applied.

A usable record answers four questions: which limb of 010.611 was applied; which conditions were attached; where those conditions came from (the previous BVA or BVB, the class-specific rule, or the last substantive visa); and, where work rights were in issue, why the compelling-need or financial hardship test was or was not met.

Notification is the other half. Under section 66 and regulation 2.16, the applicant must be notified; where the BVA is granted on the same day as the substantive visa, no separate BVA notification is required, but otherwise it must be notified separately. For the client side, the grant letter states the conditions and VEVO shows them — those two are what the client will actually read, so the ICSE record and the grant letter should agree.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do BVA conditions always carry over from my previous visa?

No. Carry-over is the default under clause 010.611(4), but the other limbs can produce a condition-free visa or a single specific condition. Which limb applies depends on why the BVA was granted and, in some classes, on the conditions of the last substantive visa held.

Which condition numbers can appear on a Bridging visa A?

The carry-over set listed for 010.611(4) includes 8101, 8102, 8103, 8104, 8105, 8107, 8108, 8111, 8112, 8114, 8115, 8539, 8547, 8549, 8607 and 8608. The class-specific limbs work with 8501 (health insurance) and the work-limitation conditions 8107 and 8607.

Are BVA conditions taken from the last substantive visa or the last bridging visa?

Usually the last bridging visa: 010.611(4) refers to the BVA or BVB the applicant held when applying or when granted. The exception is the class-specific material in PAM3, which for Subclass 457 and 482 holders and for Subclass 103 and 143 parent applicants looks to the conditions on the last substantive visa.

When do the new BVA conditions start to bind?

While a substantive visa is still held, its conditions continue to apply. The BVA conditions take over when the substantive visa ceases, and the granting letter and VEVO are the places to confirm what those conditions are.

Can I get a new BVA that lets me work if my current one restricts work?

An application can be made, and financial hardship will usually have to be demonstrated. If the work requirements are not met but the person is still eligible, the new BVA carries the same work prevention or restriction condition as before, and the bar is absolute where the current BVA was granted for judicial review or where a protection visa application has been made.

Why does the condition decision need to be recorded in ICSE?

Because clause 010.611 requires a limb to be identified and conditions to be selected, and PAM3 requires that selection to be made and recorded manually — autogrant does not make that decision. A record of the limb, the conditions and their source is what makes the outcome reviewable later.