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Health coverage for Australian visa holders

by Jeff Harvie | Aug 23, 2016 | Australian Visa Applications, Practical Issues

Australia has a good and functional “safety net” for Australian residents and citizens. Australia has Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), and states like QLD (and I think VIC?) have free hospitals. However, if you don’t have health coverage for...

Married in the Philippines? Need an annulment or a divorce?

by Jeff Harvie | Jun 10, 2016 | Australian Visa Applications, Practical Issues

Please note that this article is aimed at Australian sponsors only. This does not apply to Filipina or Filipino visa applicants at all. (Filipinas or Filipinos generally DO need to get an annulment in the Philippines!) This is specifically aimed...

When should the Filipino child come to Australia?

by Jeff Harvie | Jun 7, 2016 | Australian Visa Applications, Child Visas, Practical Issues

Not always the easiest question, but if you are bringing a Filipino child of your single-mum or divorced/annulled Filipina lady from Philippines to Australia, it’s an area you both need to discuss and you should both agree on. And I really mean that! If you are the...

Do you need parental permission for a child to go to Australia?

by Jeff Harvie | Jun 3, 2016 | Australian Visa Applications, Child Visas, Practical Issues

Child migration! Children migrating to or visiting Australia from the Philippines must have the expressed permission of all parents with legal custodial rights over that child. Without that permission, the child cannot travel. This applies if any parent has custodial...

What exactly is an Australian visa?

by Jeff Harvie | May 20, 2016 | Australian Visa Applications, Practical Issues

We at Down Under Visa sometimes encounter a certain confusion out there when a visa is granted, and the client asks us “So, where is my actual Australian visa?” This is understandable. Perfectly! Even the dictionary and Wikipedia definitions indicate that a visa is a...

Migration Agents MARA registration. Important?

by Jeff Harvie | May 13, 2016 | Australian Visa Applications, Practical Issues

I had someone this morning at Down Under Visa concerned if we were legitimate and if dealing with us was safe, and yes of course this would be a valid concern if we were a bunch of unknowns. And there are plenty of fly-by-nighters here in the Philippines. Every...