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Had an Australian Tourist Visa refusal from the Philippines since 2023?

by Jeff Harvie | Nov 6, 2023 | Tourist Visas, Visa Grants

Australian Tourist Visa application Refusals Did you apply for a tourist visa from the Philippines to Australia and did you have the visa application refused? Upsetting, right? You no doubt assumed that the visa application was a bit of a rubber...

Australian Visa Applications from the Philippines Now Faster

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 19, 2022 | News, Visa Grants

Down Under Visa News – October 2022 Greetings to all Down Under Visa clients, old, new and not-signed-up-yet! A bit of Australian Visa news, in particular about Australian visa applications processing times, and some important facts about...

Take your Australian visa application and visa grant seriously

by Jeff Harvie | Aug 22, 2017 | Australian Visa Applications, Visa Grants

I’ve said this many many times. Australian visas are grants. They are not rights! The Federal Government is Constitutionally allowed to make laws to decide who gets into Australia and who doesn’t, and that’s just what they do. You have the right to apply for a visa...

Visa processing times in Manila

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 26, 2016 | Visa Grants

I actually held off posting my usual Tuesday BLOG post, because there were so many Thank You posts from happy clients. We’re getting a flood of visa grants at the moment, most of which have been pretty speedy. Much as I wish we could take all the credit for speedy...

Down Under Visa – helping Australian Filipina couples

by Jeff Harvie | Jul 10, 2015 | Australian Visa Applications, Practical Issues, Visa Grants

Down Under Visa started because “I had a dream”. Not literally, however it was a bit like that. I got involved with online discussion forums for western/Filipina couples many years ago, and ended up running one myself with a few mates. The thing is, I found that I got...

Visa processing times – the hard facts

by Jeff Harvie | Jun 10, 2015 | Administration of visa applications, Visa Grants

Dear clients, At the moment we have two major sources of delays: 1. Tourist visas 2. Partner visas, where the applicant has been asked to leave Australia so that they can finalise the application Right now I get 5 or 6 emails a day with people telling me that they are...