


Visa refusals from do-it-yourself attempts
by Jeff Harvie | Jan 16, 2018 | Australian Visa Applications, Practical Issues, Tourist Visas
Australian visa applications in Manila are not easy, and visa refusals are common! They are not MEANT to be easy, because if they were really easy then the Philippines would be empty at about this time next week! Would the last person to leave the Philippines please...
Fast visa applications versus GOOD visa applications
by Jeff Harvie | Dec 8, 2017 | Australian Spouse Visa, Australian Visa Applications, Fiance Visas, Partner Visas - Offshore, Partner Visas - Onshore, Practical Issues, Tourist Visas
“We want you to lodge our visa application as quickly as possible, because we want to be together!” We hear this all the time! The other one is about why this is all taking so long? We want to be together during xxxx month, because we want to go to the yyyyyy...
Choosing a Migration Agent
by Jeff Harvie | Oct 25, 2017 | Australian Visa Applications, Practical Issues
I generally don’t get into this sort of thing, but I do get annoyed when I see clients getting stung when they trust the wrong “agent”. This is as a much a vocation to us as it is a job. Take note that we have www.filipinawives.com.au as a free advice site on...
Divorce and re-marriage in the Philippines for westerners
by Jeff Harvie | Oct 18, 2017 | Australian Visa Applications, Practical Issues
The Family Code of the Philippines states: Art. 26. All marriages solemnized outside the Philippines, in accordance with the laws in force in the country where they were solemnized, and valid there as such, shall also be valid in this country, except those prohibited...
Australian visa applications for OFW’s (Filipinas overseas)
by Jeff Harvie | Aug 26, 2016 | Australian Visa Applications, Practical Issues
We at Down Under Visa concentrate on visa applications for Filipinos and Filipinas, and primarily for those who are here in the Philippines (or have gone from Philippines to Australia and are applying inside Australia). We have managed visa applications for English in...Navigation
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