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Filipina ladies in Australia and Domestic Violence

by Jeff Harvie | Mar 23, 2017 | Character Requirements, Partner Visas

I think most reasonable Australian men are supportive of measures to protect vulnerable women and children who migrate to Australia from Philippines with partner visas (spouse visas and fiancée visas). But how does the Department do this? The Department of Immigration...

Partner visa sponsor? New rules!

by Jeff Harvie | Nov 17, 2016 | Character Requirements

Regular readers of the Down Under Visa BLOG would remember an article in March about the DIBP wish to tighten up on the suitability of the Australian partner visa sponsor of the visa applicant, ie. the Australian partners, husbands and fiancé’s of the girls/ladies...

Australian visa applications and dodgy schemes

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 11, 2016 | Character Requirements

Dodgy schemes? We’ve seen a few! Down Under Visa had somebody the other day contacting us about wanting an Australian partner visa, and with a plan that he thought was quite reasonable. We get around a dozen visa assessment forms filled out every day, and yes of...

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...

Bogus documents – Poison for Australian visa applications

by Jeff Harvie | Mar 22, 2016 | Character Requirements

There’s no better way of describing the effects of false documents on an Australian visa application, be it for a partner visa or prospective marriage visa, tourist visa or child visa. Quickest way to destroy an otherwise good application, and Down Under Visa have...

They’re toughening-up on Australian sponsors of partner visas

by Jeff Harvie | Mar 18, 2016 | Australian Spouse Visa, Character Requirements, Partner Visas - Offshore, Partner Visas - Onshore

Peter Dutton, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection introduced a new bill into Parliament on Wednesday 16 March 2016 called the Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016. The purposes of this bill is to fill up a few gaps in the...