Bridging visa E conditions: what each condition code stops you doing

Updated 3 October 2026 · Condition wording from Schedule 8 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (Compilation 288, 1 July 2026)

A Bridging visa E carries only the conditions printed on your grant letter and shown in VEVO, such as 8101 (no work) or 8402 (weekly reporting).

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Breaking any condition is a ground for cancelling the visa under section 116(1)(b) of the Migration Act 1958. A condition is a rule attached to your visa; its code and wording come from Schedule 8 to the Migration Regulations 1994. Which codes can be imposed depends on your grant ground under Schedule 2, Divisions 050.6 and 051.6. A Bridging visa E’s conditions are not changed on the visa you hold: Home Affairs Form 1008 provides for a new Bridging visa E with different conditions. There is no separate “no travel” condition: the visa itself ends the moment you leave Australia under section 82(8) of the Migration Act 1958.

The conditions on a Bridging visa E (subclass 050 or 051): each Schedule 8 code that can apply, what it stops, how to see yours in VEVO, and what a breach leads to.

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At a glance

Label	Answer
Where your conditions are	Your grant letter and VEVO, according to Home Affairs’ subclass 050 page.
Most common work condition	Condition 8101 (no work): Schedule 8 says you must not work in Australia.
Weekly reporting	Condition 8402: Schedule 8 requires the first report within 5 working days of grant, then weekly.
Breaking a condition	A ground for cancellation under section 116(1)(b) of the Migration Act 1958.
Code of behaviour	The signing criterion applies only to subclass 050 applicants aged 18 or over who hold or held a section 195A Bridging visa E, under clause 050.225. A signing requirement can also accompany a section 195A grant.

How do you see your Bridging visa E conditions?

Read your grant letter. Home Affairs’ subclass 050 page says the grant notice lists your visa grant number, start date and conditions.
Check VEVO. Home Affairs’ subclass 050 page says: “To see your specific conditions use VEVO”.

If the two ever differ, ask Home Affairs before acting.

Which conditions can a Bridging visa E carry?

Only the conditions attached to your visa apply to you—not every code in these tables. Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 determines which conditions must or may be imposed. For example, clause 050.617 of Schedule 2 lists the conditions available for “any other” subclass 050 grant.

“Must” means the condition is required for the stated grant ground. “May” means it is available, but is not automatically attached. A deemed grant is a visa taken to be granted under section 75 of the Migration Act 1958 when an eligible detainee’s application is not decided within the prescribed period.

Bridging visa E condition codes

The labels below follow Home Affairs’ visa conditions list. The quoted rules are from Schedule 8; grant contexts are from Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994.

Condition	What it says	When it is imposed	What to do
Condition 8101 (no work)	“The holder must not engage in work in Australia.”	Must: non-protection judicial-review and related grants, cl 050.612A; protection-applicant grants covered by cl 050.613A unless 8116 applies; certain subclass 051 grants, cl 051.611A; Ministerial intervention grants where the person was unlawful during the relevant period, unless 8116 applies, cl 050.615A; deemed grants, cl 050.612 and 051.611. Carry-over: cl 050.611, 050.614 and 050.615. Never: a compelling-need-to-work grant under cl 050.613. May: other grants under cl 050.617 and section 195A grants under cl 050.616A. The protection-applicant mandatory rule excludes the specified class of section 195A BVE recipients.	Do not work. Permission to work requires a new Bridging visa E without this condition.
Condition 8104 (work limitation)	“(1) The holder must not engage in work for more than 40 hours a fortnight while the holder is in Australia.”	May: cl 050.614, 050.616A and 050.617. Carry-over: combined applications under cl 050.611.	Count no more than 40 hours across each 14-day period starting on a Monday.
Condition 8116 (specified work only)	“The holder must not work in Australia other than by engaging in an activity specified in a legislative instrument made by the Minister for this clause.”	Only for a person in a class specified by legislative instrument. Relevant provisions include cl 050.613A, 050.615A, 050.617 and 051.611A; carry-over provisions and section 195A grants can also apply.	“The holder must not work in Australia other than by engaging in an activity specified in a legislative instrument made by the Minister for this clause.”
Condition 8201 (maximum 3 months study)	“(1) While in Australia, the holder must not engage, for more than 3 months, in any studies or training.”	Must: deemed grants, cl 050.612 and 051.611. May: most other grant grounds. Carry-over: cl 050.611.	Keep study or training to no more than 3 months.
Condition 8207 (no study)	“The holder must not engage in any studies or training in Australia.”	May: most grant grounds. Must: replacement subclass 050 grants after a weapons-of-mass-destruction refusal, reg 2.24A and cl 050.616B.	Do not undertake studies or training.
Condition 8548 (maximum 4 months study)	“The holder must not engage in any studies or training in Australia for more than 4 months.”	Must: deemed subclass 050 grants, cl 050.612. May: most other grant grounds. Carry-over: cl 050.611.	Keep study or training to no more than 4 months. If 8201 is also attached, comply with its shorter limit.
Condition 8401 (report at the times and place specified)	“The holder must report: (a) at the time or times; and (b) at a place or in a manner; specified, orally or in writing, by the Minister from time to time.”	May: most grant grounds. Carry-over: cl 050.611.	Report at the time, place and in the manner specified, whether the instruction is oral or written.
Condition 8402 (reporting requirements)	“The holder must report: (a) within 5 working days of grant, to an office of Immigration; and (b) to that office on the first working day of every week after reporting under paragraph (a).”	Must: deemed grants. Carry-over: cl 050.611. May: cl 050.614, 050.616A and 050.617.	First report within 5 working days of grant, then on the first working day of every week.
Condition 8505 (continue to live at the specified address)	“The holder must continue to live at the address specified by the holder before grant of the visa.”	May: most grant grounds. Carry-over: cl 050.611.	Before moving, seek a new Bridging visa E with different conditions using the route in Form 1008, question 19.
Condition 8506 (notify us of your new address)	“The holder must notify Immigration at least 2 working days in advance of any change in the holder's address.”	Must: deemed grants. May: most other grant grounds. Carry-over: cl 050.611.	Tell Home Affairs at least 2 working days before moving.
Condition 8513 (notify your residential address)	“The holder must notify Immigration of his or her residential address within 5 working days of grant.”	Must: deemed subclass 051 grants, cl 051.611; also used on weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants.	Give Home Affairs your residential address within 5 working days of grant.
Condition 8507 (pay the costs of your detention)	“The holder must, within the period specified by the Minister for the purpose: (a) pay; or (b) make an arrangement that is satisfactory to the Minister to pay; the costs (within the meaning of Division 10 of Part 2 of the Act) of the holder's detention.”	May: cl 050.612A, 050.613, 050.614, 050.616A and 050.617.	Pay or arrange payment within the specified period. The daily maintenance amount is A$702.31 from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2028 under the Migration (Daily Maintenance Amount for Persons in Detention) Determination 2026.
Condition 8508 (make a valid visa application)	“The holder must make a valid application for a visa of a class that can be granted in Australia, within the time specified by the Minister for the purpose.”	May: cl 050.612A, 050.613, 050.614, 050.616A and 050.617.	Make a valid application by the specified deadline.
Condition 8509 (apply for a substantive visa or show a ticket)	“Within 5 working days after the date of grant, the holder must: (a) make a valid application for a substantive visa; or (b) show an officer a ticket for travel to a country other than Australia that the Minister is satisfied will allow the holder to enter on his or her arrival.”	Must: deemed subclass 050 grants, cl 050.612. May: cl 050.614.	Complete one of these actions within 5 working days after grant.
Condition 8510 (show a passport or arrange one)	“Within the time specified by the Minister for the purpose, the holder must, either: (a) show an officer a passport that is in force; or (b) make an arrangement satisfactory to the Minister to obtain a passport.”	May: cl 050.612A, 050.613, 050.614, 050.616A and 050.617.	Show a current passport or make an acceptable arrangement to obtain one within the specified time.
Condition 8511 (show a ticket)	“Within the time specified by the Minister for the purpose, the holder must, show an officer a ticket for travel to a country other than Australia that the Minister is satisfied will allow the holder to enter on his or her arrival.”	May: cl 050.612A, 050.613, 050.614, 050.616A and 050.617.	Show the required travel ticket within the specified time.
Condition 8512 (depart by a specified date)	“The holder must leave Australia by the date specified by the Minister for the purpose.”	May: cl 050.612A, 050.613, 050.614, 050.616A and 050.617.	Leave Australia by the specified date.
Condition 8564 (must not engage in criminal conduct)	“The holder must not engage in criminal conduct.”	May: any subclass 050 or 051, cl 050.618 and 051.613.	Do not engage in criminal conduct.
Condition 8566 (code of behaviour)	“If the person to whom the visa is granted has signed a code of behaviour that: (a) has been approved by the Minister in accordance with clause 4.1 of Schedule 4; and (b) when the visa is granted, is in effect in relation to that visa or another visa; the holder must not breach the code.”	Must: if the signed code is in effect for the visa, cl 050.619.	Comply with the signed code. See the code-of-behaviour section below.

Conditions used only on special grants

These conditions have limited BVE grant contexts under Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994. Section 195A grants use clause 050.616A; replacement grants after a weapons-of-mass-destruction refusal use clause 050.616B. Certain parent-visa applicants have a separate rule under clause 050.620.

Condition	What it says	Imposed on
Condition 8303 (not be disruptive)	“The holder must not become involved in activities disruptive to, or violence threatening harm to, the Australian community or a group within the Australian community.”	Section 195A grants, weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants and certain parent-visa applicants.
Condition 8514 (no material change in circumstances)	“During the visa period of the visa, there must be no material change in the circumstances on the basis of which it was granted.”	Section 195A and weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants.
Condition 8550 (notify change of details)	Notify the Minister of changes to name, address, phone, email, online profile or user name at least 2 working days before the change.	Section 195A and weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants.
Condition 8551 (approval for certain employment)	Obtain approval before employment involving chemicals of security concern, aviation or maritime activities, or biological agents.	Section 195A and weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants.
Condition 8552 (tell Home Affairs if your employment details change)	Notify employment changes.	Section 195A and weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants.
Condition 8553 (no activities prejudicial to security)	Do not engage in activities prejudicial to security.	Section 195A and weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants.
Condition 8554 (no acquiring weapons or explosives)	Do not acquire weapons or explosives.	Section 195A and weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants.
Condition 8555 (approval before aviation activities, including flight training)	Obtain approval before flight training.	Section 195A and weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants.
Condition 8556 (no association with listed terrorist organisations or state sponsors of terrorism)	Do not associate with listed terrorist entities or a state sponsor of terrorism.	Section 195A and weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants.
Condition 8560 (approval before acquiring chemicals of security concern)	Obtain approval before acquiring chemicals of security concern.	Section 195A and weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants.
Condition 8562 (no work involving weapons or explosives)	Do not undertake jobs involving weapons or explosives.	Section 195A and weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants.
Condition 8563 (no weapons training)	Do not undertake weapons training or obtain weapons-training material.	Section 195A and weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants.
Condition 8578 (notify changes within 14 days)	Notify Immigration within 14 days of changes to residential address, email, phone, passport details, an employer’s address or work location address.	Section 195A and weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants.
Condition 8103 (no work without written permission)	“The holder must not undertake work in Australia without the permission in writing of the Minister, which may be: (a) in relation to specified work; or (b) for a specified time.”	Weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants only, cl 050.616B.
Condition 8501 (maintain adequate health insurance)	“The holder must maintain adequate arrangements for health insurance while the holder is in Australia.”	Weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants and certain subclass 103/143 parent applicants, cl 050.620.
Condition 8549 (live, work and study only in a designated area)	Live, study and work only in a designated area.	Weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants only.

Codes, wording and clause lists are from the Migration Regulations 1994 (Compilation 288, 1 July 2026). Quotation marks identify Schedule 8 wording; other descriptions are plain-English summaries.

The detention-cost figure comes from the Migration (Daily Maintenance Amount for Persons in Detention) Determination 2026: A$702.31 a day from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2028.

Work conditions: 8101, 8104 and 8116

Home Affairs’ Bridging visa E subclass 050 page says: “Your grant letter will tell you if you are allowed to work.”

Condition 8101: no work. Schedule 8 prohibits work in Australia. Regulation 1.03 defines work as “an activity that, in Australia, normally attracts remuneration”. Unpaid activity of a kind normally paid is therefore still work.
Condition 8104: no more than 40 hours a fortnight. Schedule 8 defines a fortnight as 14 days commencing on a Monday. Count your hours across both weeks, not as a separate allowance each week.
Condition 8116: specified work only. Schedule 8 permits only activities specified in a legislative instrument. This guide does not identify the permitted activities; confirm the applicable restriction before starting work.

Removing condition 8101 requires a new Bridging visa E, not a change to your existing visa, as Home Affairs Form 1008 explains; the separate guide to permission to work on a BVE covers that application route.

Study on a Bridging visa E: 8201, 8207 and 8548

Yes, you can study on a Bridging visa E unless your grant restricts it. With none of these three study conditions, no BVE study limit applies. Schedule 2, clauses 050.613A(2) and 050.614(2), make these conditions optional for the protection-applicant grants they cover.

Condition 8201: no more than 3 months. Schedule 8 limits any studies or training in Australia to 3 months.
Condition 8207: no study or training. Schedule 8 prohibits all studies or training in Australia.
Condition 8548: no more than 4 months. Schedule 8 limits studies or training in Australia to 4 months. If your visa also carries 8201, the 3-month restriction still applies.

Study conditions are mandatory on deemed grants: condition 8201 on both subclasses, and 8548 additionally on a deemed subclass 050. Weapons-of-mass-destruction replacement grants must carry 8207. These rules come from clauses 050.612, 051.611 and 050.616B of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994.

Condition 8202, concerning Student visa course requirements, is not a Bridging visa E condition under the Part 050 or 051 lists.

Reporting and address conditions: 8401, 8402, 8505 and 8506

Condition 8401: report as instructed. Schedule 8 requires reporting at the times, place or in the manner specified orally or in writing.
Condition 8402: first report within 5 working days, then weekly. Schedule 8 requires reporting to an office of Immigration within 5 working days of grant, then to that office on the first working day of every week.
Condition 8505: continue living at the specified address. Schedule 8 requires you to remain at the address given before grant. Before moving, use the new-visa route described in Home Affairs Form 1008, question 19, to seek different conditions.
Condition 8506: notify before moving. Schedule 8 requires notice to Immigration at least 2 working days before an address change. Notification alone does not remove condition 8505 if that is also attached.

For the initial address notification, a deemed subclass 051 carries condition 8513: notify your residential address within 5 working days of grant under clause 051.611 and Schedule 8.

Reporting deadline: If your grant letter shows condition 8402, Schedule 8 makes your first report due within 5 working days of the grant date, then on the first working day of every week.

Departure conditions: 8508 to 8512

Schedule 8 to the Migration Regulations 1994 sets these application, document and departure requirements:

Condition 8508: apply within the specified time. Make a valid application for a visa class that can be granted in Australia.
Condition 8509: act within 5 working days after grant. Either make a valid substantive visa application or show an officer a ticket to a country the Minister is satisfied will admit you.
Condition 8510: show or arrange a passport within the specified time. Show an officer a current passport, or make an arrangement satisfactory to the Minister to obtain one.
Condition 8511: show a ticket within the specified time. Show an officer a ticket to a country the Minister is satisfied will admit you.
Condition 8512: leave by the specified date. Depart Australia by the date set by the Minister.

Leaving on a Bridging visa E can trigger a re-entry exclusion under public interest criterion 4014 of Schedule 4; the Bridging visa E 3-year ban guide explains its scope and exceptions.

A Ministerial intervention request from someone holding a BVE with condition 8512 is “inappropriate to refer” under paragraph 12.1.10 of the Ministerial Instructions of 4 September 2025; the 2025 Ministerial Instructions guide explains that restriction.

The code of behaviour (Form 1443) and condition 8566

Do all BVE holders have to sign? No. The signing criterion applies only to the group named in clause 050.225 of Schedule 2: subclass 050 applicants aged 18 or over at application who hold, or previously held, a Bridging visa E granted under section 195A.

Public interest criterion 4022 is met by signing the approved code, or if the Minister does not require it. The 2025 explanatory statement describes this group as “currently, the only visa applicants who are required to satisfy PIC 4022”. A signing requirement can also accompany a section 195A grant.

If a code you signed is in effect for the visa, condition 8566 must be imposed under clause 050.619 of Schedule 2.

The currently approved code is in the Migration (Public Interest Criterion 4022—Code of Behaviour) Instrument 2025, LIN 25/017, registered 27 February 2025. It is approved for subclass 050 only and has six expectations:

Obey Australian laws, including road laws, and lawful instructions.
Have no sexual contact without consent, and never with anyone under the age of consent.
Avoid criminal behaviour, including violence, deliberate property damage, false identity documents and lying to an official.
Do not harass, intimidate, bully, or engage in anti-social or disruptive activity.
Follow health undertakings or a public-health treatment direction from a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth.
Cooperate with reasonable Home Affairs requests to resolve your status, including interviews and identity or travel documents.

Under LIN 25/017, the signer accepts that income support may be cut and the visa may be cancelled.

Home Affairs publishes Form 1443, “Code of Behaviour for Subclass 050 Bridging (General) visa holders”.

Cancellation of a BVE for breaching condition 8564 or 8566 bars any new Bridging visa E application under Schedule 1, item 1305(3)(f)–(g), of the Migration Regulations 1994.

Which conditions are not BVE conditions?

Conditions 8105 and 8202: these concern Student visa work limitations and course requirements. Neither appears in the Part 050 or 051 condition lists in Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994.
Conditions 8565 and 8567: neither is a BVE condition. In particular, do not substitute condition 8565’s 28-day address rule for the address deadline actually attached to your BVE.
Bridging visa R community-protection conditions: the conditions created or reworked in 2023–2024, such as 8620 curfew and 8621 electronic monitoring, do not apply to a BVE. They are absent from the Part 050 and 051 lists.
No Further Stay conditions: Condition 8503 (no further stay) and related conditions 8534, 8535 and 8540 attach to earlier substantive visas, not a BVE. Section 46(1A) of the Migration Act 1958 means their application restrictions can continue while you remain in Australia, even after that earlier visa expires.

What happens if you breach a Bridging visa E condition?

A breach is a ground to cancel your visa under section 116(1)(b) of the Migration Act 1958. It does not mean cancellation happens automatically.

Home Affairs’ subclass 050 page says: “If you work when you are not allowed to, we can cancel your BVE and detain you. You could also be removed from Australia.”

After cancellation, you become an unlawful non-citizen unless you hold another visa, under section 15 of the Migration Act 1958. Section 189(1) requires an officer to detain a person in the migration zone whom they know or reasonably suspect is unlawful.

The longer effects depend on the cancellation ground:

No new BVE application after a specified breach: cancellation for breaching 8564 or 8566 bars a new BVE application under Schedule 1, item 1305(3)(f)–(g).
A possible 3-year exclusion after unauthorised work: cancellation for having “worked without authority” is a risk factor under public interest criterion 4013. It applies to the 19 temporary subclasses that carry that criterion, subject to its exceptions.
Possible loss of security: Home Affairs Form 1008’s declaration says security lodged for compliance may be forfeited if you fail to abide by your conditions.

The next steps are explained under When a Bridging visa E is cancelled; check your decision notice before taking action.

If you cannot meet a condition

Act before the breach. Home Affairs Form 1008, Part E, question 19, provides for applying for a new Bridging visa E with different conditions, not varying the conditions on your current visa.

Explain why different conditions are needed—for example, changed departure arrangements. Form 1008 asks for reasons, and clause 050.223 of Schedule 2 requires the Minister to be satisfied that you will abide by the conditions of the new visa.

Conditions on other bridging visas

Other bridging visas take their conditions from their own Parts of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994; a Bridging visa A, for example, usually carries over relevant work conditions from the visa held at application under clause 010.611. The side-by-side guide to bridging visa conditions compares those types, while the main guide covers the Bridging visa E (subclass 050).

An Australian migration lawyer can check your grant conditions, deadlines and available grounds for a new application. These checks matter because cancellation for a breach of 8564 or 8566 bars a new BVE application under item 1305(3)(f)–(g), and condition 8512 makes a Ministerial intervention request inappropriate to refer under paragraph 12.1.10 of the Ministerial Instructions of 4 September 2025. If you need different conditions, check the new-application route in Home Affairs Form 1008 before a breach.

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