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A Try-Before-You-Buy Visa to Australia – Does it exist?

by Jeff Harvie | Apr 12, 2015 | Australian Visa Applications, Fiance Visas, Tourist Visas

If you thought that the Department of Immigration and Border Protection was a “Visa Shop”, you would be fairly disappointed in how limited and inflexible the options can be. You’ve gone into the “Visa Shop” and tried to find a visa that’s exactly what you...

Defining “Tourist” for Australian visa applications

by Jeff Harvie | Mar 10, 2015 | Australian Visa Applications, Partner Visas - Offshore, Partner Visas - Onshore, Tourist Visas

Australia has a very large number of different visa types, and all are governed by legislated Regulations defining what must-be and what must-not-be for that visa to be granted. And they take these Regulations very seriously when making decisions. This is very...

Don’t try to avoid a partner visa!

by Jeff Harvie | Feb 16, 2015 | Australian Visa Applications, Partner Visas - Offshore, Practical Issues, Tourist Visas, Visa Fees

I put up a post recently about why it’s a waste of time trying to get 12 month tourist visas. That was the second one I’d put up in the last 6 months. The last one went up only two weeks ago. Yet lately I get a flood of enquiries asking about 12 month tourist visas! I...

Partner Visa Price Increase 1 Jan 2015 – Backlash?

by Jeff Harvie | Feb 7, 2015 | Australian Visa Applications, Fiance Visas, Partner Visas - Offshore, Partner Visas - Onshore, Practical Issues, Tourist Visas, Visa Fees

I’m sure most of our clients know all too well about the revenue-raising increase in the cost of partner visa applications that happened 1 January 2015. Offshore applications, which are 99% of our applications, have gone up from $3,085.00 to $4,630.00, and fees...

Want a long-stay in Australia? Is a tourist visa the right choice?

by Jeff Harvie | Feb 2, 2015 | Tourist Visas

I’m most definitely at that stage of BLOG-writing where I know I’m repeating a lot of the same things, but that’s OK. Not everyone is going to scroll through 265 or so posts in order to find something, so just as easy to write something new with possibly a new slant...

Can I get an Australian tourist visa extended?

by Jeff Harvie | Dec 10, 2014 | Administration of visa applications, Australian Visa Applications, Tourist Visas

When you think of a “visa extension”, you think of the existing visa being given a bit more time. A bit like a top-up. You can get extensions of 59 days or up to 6 months on tourist visas in the Philippines. A mere formality, really. And Down Under Visa frequently...