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New Facebook group – Philippines To Australia

by Jeff Harvie | Jan 30, 2015 | Australian Visa Applications, Philippines, Relationship Issues

We’ve started a “group” on Facebook. Considerably less formal than the old-style internet forums, and in that familiar Facebook style that most people are used to these days. Join our new discussion group about Filipinos migrating to and living in Australia It’s...

Hold onto each other and don’t let go – Advice for couples.

by Jeff Harvie | Dec 22, 2014 | Australian Visa Applications, Relationship Issues

I’m not sure if this is visa advice or relationship advice for Australian Filipina couples. I try to keep this BLOG for visa information, and the two FilipinaWives sites (filipinawives.wordpress.com and filipinawives.downundervisa.com) for the relationship advice. But...

Relationship Reality Check (by Perry Gamsby)

by Jeff Harvie | Dec 12, 2014 | Perry Gamsby, Philippines, Relationship Issues

Happiness is when expectations match reality… There is a myth that exists that Filipinas are loyal, loving and will serve their husbands faithfully, treating him like a king. Like all myths, there is a foundation of truth within the hyperbole. The reality, though, is...

Divorce in the Philippines – Part 4

by Jeff Harvie | Nov 13, 2014 | Perry Gamsby, Philippines, Relationship Issues

As we said at the beginning of this series of articles on ending marriage in the Philippines, the usual way most people go about it is to either obtain a Declaration of Absolute Nullity (because the marriage was void from the beginning and thus never happened in the...

Divorce In The Philippines – Part 3

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 18, 2014 | Perry Gamsby, Philippines, Relationship Issues

A lot of people get divorced in the Philippines. Well, not quite. Let me clarify that statement. A lot of Filipinos get divorced, but not all of them do it in the Philippines. Many, like the rich and famous, ‘artistas’ or celebrities as we’d call them, fly...

Bar Girls in the Philippines and visas

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 9, 2014 | Australian Visa Applications, Character Requirements, Fiance Visas, Partner Visas - Onshore, Relationship Issues, Tourist Visas

Meet your Filipina lady in a bar? Maybe in Angeles City or Olongapo? Or one of the bars in Ermita, or P. Burgos St in Makati or elsewhere? And she was a bar girl or GRO (Guest Relations Officer)? Is this going to be a problem with the Australian Embassy and the...