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Australian partner visas post-1/07/2015

by Jeff Harvie | Jul 20, 2015 | Australian Visa Applications, Visa Fees

We’re past the rush of the June, thank goodness. Massive number of partner visas lodged in Manila, and some very long days for us. And we’re now getting a flood of visa grants coming through, thank goodness. Hope we’re soon over the long drought....

Credit card surcharge

by Jeff Harvie | Jun 30, 2015 | Administration of visa applications, Visa Fees

Greetings clients I announced the Department 1.08% credit card surcharge on their visa charges when it first came out. Please read HERE Given the additional charges the wise ones in Canberra kept imposing, I never passed this on to our clients when we paid it, which...

Cut-off date for partner visa applications

by Jeff Harvie | Jun 16, 2015 | Practical Issues, Visa Fees

I’m sure all of you are aware of the looming date of 1 July 2015, which is when the price of Australian partner visas being lodged offshore* rises considerably. (*ie. outside of Australia, in our case in Manila) We have to set a realistic cut-off date, or applications...

Cost of Your Australian-Filipina Relationship

by Jeff Harvie | May 17, 2015 | Visa Fees

I think we all know about the Australian visa application charge increases for offshore partner visas on 1 July 2015, don’t we? For those who don’t, they’ve raised the fees for offshore partner visas, ie. Subclass 300 Prospective Marriage Visas and...

Visa Application Charge increase on 1 July 2015

by Jeff Harvie | May 13, 2015 | Visa Fees

I didn’t think they would do it again after the last lot of increases on 1 January 2015, but Mr Hockey has done it again. In what they call “harmonising”, the offshore visa application charges for Subclass 300 Prospective Marriage Visas and Subclass 309 Partner...

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...