Character Requirements Archives - Down Under Visa - Australian Registered Migration Agents

Police Clearance for Australian Visas – Why and How?

by Jeff Harvie | Aug 14, 2019 | Character Requirements

All Australian visas have what they call a “character requirement”, which means all visa applicants from Philippines to Australia need to pass “the character test”. Migration, like all specialist areas, has its own language. Lots of acronyms, and lots of expressions...

Coping with Australian Visa Document Errors and Delays

by Jeff Harvie | May 30, 2018 | Australian Visa Applications, Character Requirements, Health Requirements

Australian visa applications from Philippines, we find these mostly go smoothly. But there are times when visa document errors lead to processing delays. Mistakes in NSO documents need correction. Late registered birth certificates need extra evidence....

Visa bogus document problems? Face it! Fix it!

by Jeff Harvie | Mar 15, 2018 | Australian Visa Applications, Character Requirements

How common are problems with NSO documents in Australian visa applications for Filipinas migrating to Australia from Philippines on Partner Visas? Very! I would say about 1:10 have problems. At Down Under Visa we would receive maybe 50 or more NSO documents to...

Breaking news – PIC 4020 changes revoked

by Jeff Harvie | Dec 6, 2017 | Character Requirements, News

PIC 4020 10 year change – It’s been revoked The parliamentary term is “disallowed”. This was a change to the Migration Regulations done by the DIBP themselves, and it didn’t need to go through parliament. But Senators are allowed...

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...

Bogus documents and Australian visa applications

by Jeff Harvie | Jun 1, 2017 | Character Requirements

Bogus documents are any “documents obtained because of a false or misleading statement, whether or not made knowingly”. Straight from the Migration Act. That means if it says something wrong, it’s a bogus document. It may be a forgery, but it doesn’t need...