Partner Visas - Onshore Archives - Page 13 of 16 - Down Under Visa

The Day you get that Approval makes all the heartache worth it !

by Jeff Harvie | Mar 18, 2014 | Australian Visa Applications, Partner Visas - Offshore, Partner Visas - Onshore, Testimonials, Visa Grants

We really genuinely truly honestly know how hard the waiting is. Even though we’d been through it all before, we at Down Under Visa, and more particularly Jeff and Mila Harvie DO know first-hand what it feels like to have your entire future dangling in mid-air and not...

Visa application taking longer than you expected? Are you worried?

by Jeff Harvie | Feb 21, 2014 | Administration of visa applications, Australian Visa Applications, Fiance Visas, Partner Visas - Offshore, Partner Visas - Onshore, Visa Grants

Hello all! What happens every year at around February is that those clients who had applied for visas the previous year start worrying about their applications. A new year is a mental milestone, which means you can now say “It was lodged last year”, and...

Australian Partner Visas – Fraud and Identity Theft!

by Jeff Harvie | Feb 4, 2014 | Australian Visa Applications, Character Requirements, Fiance Visas, Partner Visas - Offshore, Partner Visas - Onshore, Practical Issues

Third-World countries have long had a problem with the proliferation of fake official documents, and the tendency to be “morally flexible”. It’s not a put-down. It’s a side-effect of human cultures being highly diverse. We don’t always look at the same things in the...

1000 Partner Visa Cancellations!

by Jeff Harvie | Jan 30, 2014 | Australian Visa Applications, Fiance Visas, Partner Visas - Offshore, Partner Visas - Onshore, Tourist Visas, Visa Grants

This is what the Australian news is saying, and it’s put some Down Under Visa clients into a panic! One of the fine tabloids has this: FOREIGNERS in fake relationships with Australians have been stripped of their visas as the migration system is swamped with...

De Facto Visas? Do you qualify?

by Jeff Harvie | Jan 27, 2014 | Australian Visa Applications, Partner Visas - Offshore, Partner Visas - Onshore, Relationship Issues

You can apply for an Australian Partner Visa based on one of two scenarios: You’re married (or will be married before the application is finalised) You’re living in a de facto relationship, and have been living in that relationship for 12 months or more....

Australian visa refused? What should you do?

by Jeff Harvie | Jan 25, 2014 | Administration of visa applications, Australian Visa Applications, Fiance Visas, Partner Visas - Offshore, Partner Visas - Onshore, Tourist Visas

What should you do if you have a refusal for an Australian Partner Visa or Australian Tourist Visa? Refusals happen! They happen regularly! Australian Migration Law is based on Commonwealth legislation. Each visa class and visa subclass is written into...