I1.15 Currency of interim visas

Immigration Act 2009 s 63; 64; 77; 80

1. The interim visa will start the day after the current temporary visa expires, unless (c) or (d) below applies.
2. Once an interim visa starts, its duration depends on the outcome of the further temporary visa application, as set out in the table below:

   	Column A: If the application for a further temporary visa is…	Column B: the interim visa will…
   i.	approved within 6 calendar months of the interim visa’s start date	be cancelled on the start date of the further visa.
   ii.	declined within 6 calendar months of the interim visa’s start date	expire 21 calendar days after the date the further temporary visa is declined.
   iii.	withdrawn within 6 calendar months of the interim visa’s start date	expire 21 calendar days after the date the application for a further temporary visa is withdrawn.
   iv.	still under consideration 6 calendar months after the interim visa’s start date	expire 6 calendar months from the interim visa’s start date.

3. If the further temporary visa application is declined or withdrawn before the applicant’s current temporary visa expires, the interim visa will expire the day the further temporary visa application is declined or withdrawn.
4. If the further temporary visa application is approved before the applicant’s current temporary visa expires, the interim visa will be cancelled on the start date of the further temporary visa.

Effective 27/08/2018