The 10 visa identifiers

Visa subclasses are given a 3 digit identifier. The first digit indicates the following:

0: Bridging visa

1: Permanent visas and offshore migrant visas (generally)

2: Offshore humanitarian visas

3: Temporary visas that lead to permanent visas

4: Temporary visas

5: Student visas

6: Visitor visas

7: Transit and border visas

8: Onshore permanent residence visas

9: Other visas

For example, a subclass 457 visa would mean that it is a temporary visa because the first digit is “4”.

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