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Advantages of Applying for a Partner Visa Offshore

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 17, 2018 | Partner Visas - Offshore, Partner Visas - Onshore

What is an onshore visa and what is an offshore visa? Once upon a time there were very few onshore partner visas for Filipino visa applicants. To those who are not sure what I mean by this, an “onshore visa application” means a visa application lodged inside Australia...

Tourist Visa Scams for Australians

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 10, 2018 | Philippines, Tourist Visas

It’s been a while since I wrote an article about tourist visa scams and scammers, but sadly they still exist. There is many an overly trusting Australian who simply wants to be loved and wants a Tourist Visa from Philippines to Australia for his Filipina...

White Lies versus Straight Talking in the Philippines

by Jeff Harvie | Oct 2, 2018 | Philippines, Relationship Issues

I know and you probably know that there are a million articles out there about scams and scammers in the Philippines. Yes, they exist and many of us have been caught out trusting the wrong person in the Philippines and seen money and rightful owner quickly...

Filipino Kids and Starting School in Australia

by Jeff Harvie | Sep 26, 2018 | Child Visas, Practical Issues

There is a huge difference between how the school system in the Philippines works compared to the Australian school system, and it can cause headaches and unnecessary stress when a visa applicant from Philippines has a dependent child (or children) that they...

Health insurance for overseas visitors

by Jeff Harvie | Sep 19, 2018 | Australian Visa Applications

We’ve had discussion here on the Down Under Visa BLOG page about health insurance for overseas visitors. We’ve long recommended it for our clients, because we see what happens when things go wrong, and it’s something that all temporary visitors from Philippines...