Child Visas Archives - Down Under Visa - Australian Registered Migration Agents

Australian Partner Visas and New Families (ie babies arriving soon)

by Jeff Harvie | Dec 5, 2024 | Australian Spouse Visa, Child Visas, Partner Visas

Australian Partner Visas, Pregnancy and Babies Australian Partner Visas from the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand or Cambodia! It means loving couples, and the younger ones especially have these……urges! Urges to make BABIES! Urgent to start families! All...

Family Visas from Philippines to Australia

by Jeff Harvie | May 8, 2024 | Australian Visa Applications, Child Visas, Parent Visas, Tourist Visas

Can I move my relatives from the Philippines to Australia? This is a solid dream of many Filipino families (your wife’s relatives from the Philippines) who are leading a tough life! If your wife could only migrate those relatives to Australia (or the US,...

Filipino Teenagers and Australian Family Visas

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 30, 2019 | Child Visas, Partner Visas

Filipino teenagers! Filipina teenage girls? When they were 10, 11 or 12? They were delightful. Talked all the time. Happy 24 hours a day. Never stop smiling, and are loving and respectful to parents (biological parents and “step” parents alike). Then the...

Do I need to adopt the Filipino child?

by Jeff Harvie | Mar 20, 2019 | Australian Visa Applications, Child Visas, Practical Issues

We at Down Under Visa get asked this question sometimes, with Australian sponsor’s not only wanting to include a child in an Australian partner visa application or even for a child visa application, but wanting to adopt the child as well. It’s actually a nice...

Filipino Kids and Starting School in Australia

by Jeff Harvie | Sep 26, 2018 | Child Visas, Practical Issues

There is a huge difference between how the school system in the Philippines works compared to the Australian school system, and it can cause headaches and unnecessary stress when a visa applicant from Philippines has a dependent child (or children) that they...

What does “dependent child” mean for an Australian visa?

by Jeff Harvie | May 18, 2018 | Australian Visa Applications, Child Visas

What is a dependent child, and when can you add a dependent child to an Australia partner visa application. When can you apply for a child visa, and when can you not apply? When is a child truly dependent, and when are they not? This is a critical question that comes...