The Visa Medical – What the doctors or nurses tell you
If you apply for an Australian Partner Visa (spouse visa or fiancée visa) or a New Zealand Citizen’s Family Relationship Visa (Subclass 461) or a Child Visa, then you need to do a visa medical examination. They can also request xray examinations or even full medicals...
Coping with Australian Visa Document Errors and Delays
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....
Australian visa applications – Medicals and Xrays
Australian partner visa applications require the visa applicant to undertake a full medical examination (aka “the medicals”), and a chest xray. There will be a blood test for HIV/AIDS, and possibly one for hepatitis. Some tourist visa applications also require xray...
Medicals and XRAYs for Australian Partner Visa applications
A necessary part of applying for an Australian Partner Visa is that the visa applicant passes the “health requirement”. That means all spouse or fiancée visa applicants need to have a Medical examination and a chest xray. Why do we need a Medical and XRAY exam? Three...
Cover-up stories – They don’t work!
Why can’t people just tell the truth? It’s one of those annoyingly frustrating aspects of our job at Down Under Visa when visa applicants tell us stories to cover up some indiscretion along the way, or sometimes the applicant simply lacks enthusiasm to get on...Navigation
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