About Jeff Harvie of Down Under Visa

Australian Visa Charge Increases 2017

by Jeff Harvie | May 10, 2017 | Visa Fees

Visa Application Charge increases – 1 July 2017 Australian Visa Application Charges (VAC), those sometimes painful payments to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) for Australian visa applications, traditionally go up every year on 1 July....

Matt and Ann – Happy Down Under Visa Clients

by Jeff Harvie | May 9, 2017 | Testimonials, Video

Matt and Ann Happy Down Under Visa Clients Matt and Ann are an Australian Filipina couple who became clients of Down Under Visa when they wanted to make their relationship permanent and wished to marry. That meant Ann would need a visa to migrate to Australia. They...

The Philippines legal system for visa applicants

by Jeff Harvie | May 5, 2017 | Australian Visa Applications

The Philippines legal system is, I suppose, like any legal system in the world. Nothing happens in a hurry. Yet one of the things I notice from clients is that they often expect that they….an Australian in the Philippines who wants a partner visa for his Filipina...

Can I work after I apply for an onshore partner visa?

by Jeff Harvie | May 4, 2017 | Australian Visa Q&A

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR THE ANSWER! In this week’s episode of our Weekly Q&A one participant asked Can I work after I apply for an onshore partner visa? The exact question was: Can I work in Australia after I apply for an onshore partner visa? Can I work in...

Resident Return Visas and Citizenship changes

by Jeff Harvie | May 2, 2017 | Australian Visa Applications, Citizenship

You’re an Australian permanent resident and maybe you can’t get Australian Citizenship soon like you had planned, due to the recent changes in Citizenship regulations. What do you need to do about overseas travel in the meantime to ensure you can still get back into...