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The Chinese Tourist Visa Scam One thing that you gain when you talk to potential clients about visas all day is you come to hear every story there is. Tourist Visas and Partner Visas for us mostly.

We at Down Under Visa get asked this question sometimes, with Australian sponsor’s not only wanting to include a child in an Australian partner visa application or even for a child visa application,...

How long will my Visa Application take? Visa processing time! “How long will my visa take to process?” How long is a piece of string?

Sometimes issues come up where clients and prospective visa clients get a bit off-the-track, and I feel I should take the opportunity to make things clearer.

What is a Registered Relationship? Does a Registered Relationship make it easier for an Australian Filipina couple to apply for an Australian Partner Visa as a de facto couple , ie a “de facto visa”?

Here’s Jeff Harvie again, going for the Long Title Championship! It was nearly worse, before i decided to leave out the word “generalising”.

The Australian Tourist Visa – A pretty generous visa, of great value when you are in the early stages of a relationship, and you want to spend time together in Australia with your Filipina...

I can still remember my delight in telling our first recipient of a Multiple Entry Tourist Visa from Philippines to Australia what a great result we had for them.

What is serial sponsorship, and does it affect me? There is a Regulation in the Migration Regulations there to stop what is known as “serial sponsorship” in Australian partner visa applications.

Christmas – Silly Season Christmas seems to bring out the best and worst in many of us.