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Can I get a carer visa for a Filipina to take care of me

by Jeff Harvie | Jun 9, 2017 | Australian Visa Q&A, Tourist Visas

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR THE ANSWER! In this week’s episode of our Weekly Q&A one participant asked Can I get a carer visa for a Filipina to take care of me The exact question was: Can I get a carer visa for a Filipina lady to come to Australia to take care of me...

Australian tourist visas and the risk of overstaying

by Jeff Harvie | Jun 8, 2017 | Tourist Visas

Tourist visa applications to Australia from Philippines are not easy to get. Simpler that partner visas, but under a different type of scrutiny because these are the visas-of-choice for those who want to overstay and break visa conditions in Australia. These are the...

A Bridging Visa B allows a visa applicant to travel

by Jeff Harvie | Jun 6, 2017 | Australian Visa Applications, Australian Visa Q&A

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR THE ANSWER! In this week’s episode of our Weekly Q&A one participant asked if they may travel outside of Australia during the processing of a permanent visa application onshore. The exact question was: A Bridging Visa B allows a visa...

Can you get a visa because child is an Australian citizen

by Jeff Harvie | Jun 2, 2017 | Australian Visa Q&A, Partner Visas

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR THE ANSWER! In this week’s episode of our Weekly Q&A one participant asked Can the parent of an Australian Citizen get a partner visa to accompany the child to Australia? The exact question was: I have an Australian Citizen child, born in...

Bogus documents and Australian visa applications

by Jeff Harvie | Jun 1, 2017 | Character Requirements

Bogus documents are any “documents obtained because of a false or misleading statement, whether or not made knowingly”. Straight from the Migration Act. That means if it says something wrong, it’s a bogus document. It may be a forgery, but it doesn’t need...