About Jeff Harvie of Down Under Visa

Easy visas to Australia from Philippines

by Jeff Harvie | Jan 25, 2018 | Australian Visa Applications, Tourist Visas

I’ve covered this topic before in BLOG articles, but it remains an issue. Understandable, because the Department of Immigration (now Department of Home Affairs) website makes it all look like a formality. And Australians are accustomed to being fairly in...

Australian Visas and Pregnancy

by Jeff Harvie | Jan 19, 2018 | Partner Visas, Relationship Issues

I love babies. I love children. I love seeing loving families with lots of kids. And most of the Australian Filipina couples that Down Under Visa help with their partner visa application management seem to be a remarkably fertile lot! And seeing photos from...

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...

Australian Visas from Philippines – Down Under Visa

by Jeff Harvie | Jan 12, 2018 | News

Visa Newsletter – 12 January 2018 Happy New Year An enthusiastic Happy New Year to all of our clients, new, existing and former clients. To those newer Australian Filipina couples who find themselves entering a scary and daunting tunnel that is the process of...

Australian onshore partner visas and overstaying

by Jeff Harvie | Dec 15, 2017 | Australian Visa Applications, Partner Visas - Onshore

We do willingly and happily manage partner visa applications onshore (which is visa-speak for “inside Australia), and with the easing of Condition 8503’s (ie. No Further Stay) on tourist visa grants and with the cost now being the same, this is happening more and...