About Jeff Harvie of Down Under Visa

Great News in 2023 for NZ Citizens resident in Australia

by Jeff Harvie | Apr 26, 2023 | Citizenship, News

New Zealand Citizens in Australia have had a rough trot for a long time! Nearest neighbors, and despite the humor we get on like brothers. Always have. Yet they have not been able to apply for Australian Citizenship, despite most contributing to the prosperity of...

Holy Week – April 2023

by Jeff Harvie | Apr 5, 2023 | News

Holy Week – 2023 Office Closure – Holy Week 2023! I think most of you who have anything to do with the Philippines knows about Holy Week? This week is Holy Week 2023. In Australia, Easter means chocolate eggs and getting killed on the...

Australian Visa Applications and Filipino Family

by Jeff Harvie | Feb 28, 2023 | Australian Visa Applications, Relationship Issues

Filipino family members can be helpful and supportive in an Australian visa application for a Filipina girl (tourist visa or partner visa application from the Philippines to Australia), or they can be a major stumbling block to your happiness. This is one of those...

Getting a Tourist visa and then starting an onshore partner visa inside Australia

by Jeff Harvie | Feb 8, 2023 | Australian Visa Applications, Partner Visas - Onshore

Tourist visa then onshore partner visa later – Can you do this? You’ve probably heard advice from the one-visa-experts on a “Visas to Australia” Facebook group, saying “Oh, just get her over on a simple tourist visa. You can marry her and lodge an onshore...

Do you qualify for an Australian visa? The Down Under Visa way

by Jeff Harvie | Jan 19, 2023 | Australian Visa Applications

How do you know if you qualify for an Australian visa? Well, firstly not everyone does qualify for an Australian visa. Just wanting the visa a whole lot won’t cut the mustard, sorry to say. As I always say, Australian visas are GRANTS and not RIGHTS. The visa...