About Jeff Harvie of Down Under Visa

Typhoon Ompong

by Jeff Harvie | Sep 14, 2018 | Uncategorized

Typhoon Ompong is heading to the Philippine coast and is expected to cross in the early hours of Saturday morning in the Isabela – Cagayan Valley area of northern Luzon. Expected to be Category 3. Now, this may still change. And for us who are in Cavite...

Filipinos and Their Parents – For Australian Filipina Couples

by Jeff Harvie | Aug 29, 2018 | Philippines

Filipinos and their obligation to parents is something very much expected by their society. This is often a direct contrast to Australian society and not always easy to understand and to accept by an Australian man romantically involved with a Filipina lady....

Dengue Fever in Philippines – Awareness for Australians

by Jeff Harvie | Aug 22, 2018 | Philippines

Dengue Fever is something that all Australians in Australian Filipina relationships should be fully aware of for your own safety when you visit Philippines. Dengue Fever is almost unheard of it Australia, and Aussies are fairly relaxed about mosquitos. The...

Life in Philippines – Jeff’s Ramblings eight years in

by Jeff Harvie | Aug 15, 2018 | Philippines

I think most of you know that we shut the doors on life in QLD and re-settled to life in Philippines in 2010 and became Australian expats. When I look back I realise it was an incredibly bold move, but it was well-planned over a long period and I’ve never been...

Professionally prepared Australian visa applications from Philippines

by Jeff Harvie | Aug 10, 2018 | Tourist Visas

Australian Tourist Visa applications from Philippines are NOT “simple tourist visa applications”. An e-Visitor application from the UK? Yes, that’s pretty easy. But this is not one of those, and it’s being applied-for in Philippines. Australian Visa...