1306Bridging F (Class WF)

1306  Bridging F (Class WF)  (1) Form:   The approved form specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for this item under subregulation 2.07(5).   Note: Regulation 2.12C explains the components of the first instalment of visa application charge and specifies the amounts of subsequent temporary application charge and non‑Internet application charge. Not all of the components may apply to a particular application.  Additional applicant charge is paid by an applicant who claims to be a member of the family unit of another applicant and seeks to combine the application with that applicant’s application.  (a) An application must be made at the place, and in the manner, (if any) specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for this item under subregulation 2.07(5).  (c) One of the following subparagraphs applies in relation to the applicant:  (ia) an assistance notice has been issued in relation to the applicant, and the notice has not been revoked;  (i) the applicant does not hold a visa and has not held a Bridging F (Class WF) visa since he or she last entered Australia;  (ii) the applicant:  (A) does not hold a visa; and  (B) has held one Bridging F (Class WF) visa since last entering Australia; and  (C) has not held another visa since holding that visa;  (iii) the applicant holds a Bridging F (Class WF) visa, which is the first Bridging F (Class WF) visa held since he or she last entered Australia.  (d) Either:  (i) an officer of the Australian Federal Police, or of a police force of a State or Territory, has told Immigration, in writing, that the applicant has been identified as a suspected victim of human trafficking, slavery or slavery‑like practices; or  (ii) the applicant is a member of the immediate family of a person who an officer of the Australian Federal Police, or of a police force of a State or Territory, has told Immigration, in writing, has been identified as a suspected victim of human trafficking, slavery or slavery‑like practices. Note: Member of the immediate family is defined in regulation 1.12AA.  (e) An officer of the Australian Federal Police, or of a police force of a State or Territory, has told Immigration, in writing, that suitable arrangements have been made for the care, safety and welfare of the applicant for the proposed period of the visa.  (f) If the applicant is in immigration detention, the authorised officer to whom notice was given under subregulation 2.10B(2) has been informed of the lodgement of the application.  (g) Application by a person claiming to be a member of the immediate family of a person who is an applicant for a Bridging F (Class WF) visa may be made at the same time and place as, and combined with, the application by that person.  060 (Bridging F) Note: As an alternative to item 1306, an application for a Bridging F (Class WF) visa will be taken to have been validly made by a non‑citizen if the application is made in accordance with subregulation 2.20B(2).