About Jeff Harvie of Down Under Visa

Police Clearance for Australian Visas – Why and How?

by Jeff Harvie | Aug 14, 2019 | Character Requirements

All Australian visas have what they call a “character requirement”, which means all visa applicants from Philippines to Australia need to pass “the character test”. Migration, like all specialist areas, has its own language. Lots of acronyms, and lots of expressions...

Filipino Food – Some Peculiar Customs for Australians

by Jeff Harvie | Jul 31, 2019 | Advice for Filipinas, Philippines

Filipino Food – Food customs peculiar to the Philippines No doubt readers/listeners will remember the recent post on the wonders of Filipino street food. Well, we had discussions a long time ago (me and daughter Remy, that is) about some of...

David and Lesiel – Down Under Visa Review

by Jeff Harvie | Jul 24, 2019 | Testimonials, Video

Down Under Visa Review and Testimonial David contacted me quite a few years back now about wanting to get a Partner Visa from Philippines to Australia for his long-standing relationship with Lesiel, his Filipina partner. The two had been living together...

Overseas Filipino Workers and Australian Visas

by Jeff Harvie | Jul 17, 2019 | Advice for Filipinas, Partner Visas

Overseas Filipino Workers (or OFW’s) are those wonderful human beings who leave their homes and families and work in sometimes awful places in some strange countries in order to provide a better life for their families than what their own lives have been. And...

Filipino Street Food – Jeff and Remy Talk

by Jeff Harvie | Jul 10, 2019 | Philippines

Filipino Street Food – a video discussion Jeff Harvie and daughter Remy Harvie discuss Filipino Street Food. The Philippines is well known for its street food. The unusual little snacks that Filipinos enjoy so much, and are available everywhere....