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Bridging Visas – The Facts

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 28, 2016 | Administration of visa applications, Australian Visa Applications

A Bridging Visa is a very useful safety net for those who apply for onshore visas (ie. Australian visas applied for inside Australia, and definitely not visas applied for in Manila). What are bridging visas for? They keep the applicant lawful in Australia. They stop...

Philippines marriage license fraud and Australian visas

by Jeff Harvie | Jul 1, 2016 | Administration of visa applications, Australian Visa Applications, Character Requirements

The Philippines is like most countries (including Australia) where you need to apply for a marriage license before you can legally marry. This is to stop couples from rushing in and making commitments that they hadn’t thought-out very well. We’ve all seen the movies...

Further solutions to NSO document problems

by Jeff Harvie | Apr 22, 2016 | Administration of visa applications, Australian Visa Applications

At Down Under Visa we are sometimes inundated with problems with NSO documents. NSO = National Statistics Office, also known as the Philippines Statistics Authority, is the Government department in the Philippines that keeps records of births, deaths and marriages....

Australian visa processing times – How long?

by Jeff Harvie | Mar 30, 2016 | Administration of visa applications, Australian Visa Applications

There are two questions…..no…..three questions that we at Down Under Visa get asked all the time by prospective visa applicants wanting to bring their Filipina lady to Australia. How much will it cost? How long will it take? (ie. “What is the processing time?” or...

Do Down Under Visa have representatives?

by Jeff Harvie | Mar 9, 2016 | Administration of visa applications

Got asked this the other day, if one of our “representatives” could meet up with a client in Makati “for coffee”. I know there are visa agents and travel agents who work this way, but Down Under Visa doesn’t. And I’ll explain why. Firstly, we don’t employ...

Speedy applications. Is it the best approach to take?

by Jeff Harvie | Nov 12, 2015 | Administration of visa applications, Australian Visa Applications

I’ve already mentioned about the Silly Season being upon us, and everyone wanting a visa for Christmas, especially tourist visas. I certainly understand the wishes, the hopes and the emotions tied up in the whole thing. But please do understand that we don’t have any...