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The Down Under Visa survey – Thank you!

by Jeff Harvie | Jan 23, 2014 | Australian Visa Applications, Child Visas, Fiance Visas, Partner Visas - Onshore, Tourist Visas, Uncategorized

Thank you to all the survey-fillers. We at Down Under Visa thank you for your time and thank you for your honesty. If anybody else feels like adding their bit to the survey, it’s still up there HERE. As a result of the survey, we will be making more of an effort...

Australian Visa “Information Series” videos

by Jeff Harvie | Dec 16, 2013 | Australian Visa Applications, Child Visas, Fiance Visas, Partner Visas - Offshore, Partner Visas - Onshore, Tourist Visas

For those who would rather watch a video than read BLOG posts, Down Under Visa have produced the INFORMATION SERIES, which is a series of 12 short videos explaining various issues relating to Australian visa applications. Tourist visas, child visas, partner visas and...

Australian visa application processing updates? No, sorry.

by Jeff Harvie | Dec 5, 2013 | Administration of visa applications, Australian Visa Applications, Fiance Visas, Partner Visas - Offshore, Partner Visas - Onshore, Tourist Visas

We at Down Under Visa have always advised our clients that there is no point in trying to get progress reports or updates on what is happening with their visa applications. We DO understand that you get worried. Your future is up in the air, and you feel you’re being...

Why is my Australian visa application taking so long?

by Jeff Harvie | Dec 4, 2013 | Administration of visa applications, Australian Visa Applications, Fiance Visas, Partner Visas - Offshore, Partner Visas - Onshore, Tourist Visas

How long does an Australian partner visa* application take to process? The Australian Embassy website in Manila says 12 months! This is based on the DIBP (Department of Immigration and Border Protection) “Global Service Standard”. See HERE. Our own experience still...

Visiting your girl in the Philippines this Christmas?

by Jeff Harvie | Nov 10, 2013 | Australian Visa Applications, Fiance Visas, Partner Visas - Offshore, Partner Visas - Onshore, Philippines, Practical Issues, Relationship Issues, Tourist Visas

This is the time of year that many choose to take some time off work and to go and visit the Filipina lady whom they’ve been emailing and chatting to. We know this because every year in January Down Under Visa get plenty of enquiries from Australian men who say things...

Christmas Holidays for Down Under Visa

by Jeff Harvie | Nov 7, 2013 | Australian Visa Applications, Fiance Visas, Partner Visas - Onshore, Tourist Visas, Uncategorized

It’s nearly that time of year already, and the office and staff of Down Under Visa will be taking a well-earned break. We don’t get a lot of time-off, as most people know. We don’t get Australian public holidays here, and no one in Australia knows what the Philippines...