Australian Visa Applications Archives - Page 15 of 59 - Down Under Visa

Dramatic changes about false statements and documents

by Jeff Harvie | Nov 13, 2017 | Australian Visa Applications, Character Requirements

I think most Down Under Visa clients and BLOG readers are familiar with the strict rules about false statements and bogus documents and their catastrophic effect on Australian visa applications? We’ve certainly hammered the point over the years, and our...

Tourist Visa? Or do you need a Prospective Marriage Visa?

by Jeff Harvie | Nov 9, 2017 | Australian Visa Applications, Partner Visas - Onshore, Tourist Visas

(Please note this is an updating of an older post…..actually now an updating of an updating) At Down Under Visa we get partner visa assessment forms all the time from men who clearly have good, stable and committed relationships with their Filipina ladies, and...

Who are the Down Under Visa people?

by Jeff Harvie | Nov 8, 2017 | Australian Visa Applications

A client asked my son Jeremy today if he preferred being called Jeremy or Jeff. He said he preferred Jeremy, but he’d got quite used to being called Jeff. The prospect of confusing people was one of the reasons I chose his name in the first place, and it continues to...

Tourist Visa? Or Fiance (Prospective Marriage) Visa?

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 31, 2017 | Australian Visa Applications, Fiance Visas

We at Down Under Visa get requests from men all the time wanting to get a tourist visa for their fiancee. The men are generally thinking one of two things: 1. They’re thinking that a tourist visa is an easier way to bring their Filipina fiancee to Australia from...

Choosing a Migration Agent

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 25, 2017 | Australian Visa Applications, Practical Issues

I generally don’t get into this sort of thing, but I do get annoyed when I see clients getting stung when they trust the wrong “agent”. This is as a much a vocation to us as it is a job. Take note that we have filipinawives.downundervisa.com as a free advice site on...

Divorce and re-marriage in the Philippines for westerners

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 18, 2017 | Australian Visa Applications, Practical Issues

The Family Code of the Philippines states: Art. 26. All marriages solemnized outside the Philippines, in accordance with the laws in force in the country where they were solemnized, and valid there as such, shall also be valid in this country, except those prohibited...