BVB Update for Employer Sponsor Visa Applicants

📣 Important Update RE BVBs and Employer Sponsor Visa applicants 📣

📅 From 30 November 2026, the Department will:

✔️ Apply more stringent criteria when assessing BVB applications, including the circumstances in which a BVB will be granted or refused.

❗ Applicants should not assume that a BVB will automatically be granted ❗

If you are currently awaiting a decision on your Employer Sponsored Visa Application and do not hold a BVB and want to travel overseas without a substantive visa, we recommend that you take the following steps:

✔️ Avoid making non-refundable travel arrangements without an approved BVB.

✔️ Lodge your BVB application as early as possible, particularly ahead of the 30 November 2026 changes.

❓ What if you already hold a BVB? ❓

If you have already been granted a BVB, these changes will not affect the validity of your existing visa or the travel period already granted to you.

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