Additional information on credit card payments to Department of Immigration
I've just had an email from a client which has highlighted something which I may not have made clear, so I'll answer him as well as answer anyone else with the same questions.
Paying the Department by us is done in Australia only!
We CAN pay in the Philippines, however if we do we:
(a) CANNOT pay by credit card, and
(b) need to get a "managers check" from the bank in Philippine Pesos, where the exchange rate is usually so out-of-kilter that you would pay an extra couple of hundred dollars! We haven't done this for many years!
So, we get you to pay us (usually directly into our bank account)…..and we pay the Department in Australia on your behalf by credit card. They then issue us with a receipt, which we include with the application. Much easier that way.
We still don't know what the surcharge will be. Once we know, we'll let you know.
Who are Down Under Visa? Who is Jeff Harvie?
Jeff Harvie and the Down Under Visa team have been doing this for a lot of years! Down Under Visa have brought thousands of couples to Australia from South East Asia over the years. Mostly from the Philippines, but we help increasing numbers of couples where the visa applicant is from China, Thailand, Vietnam or Cambodia. And what this means is we see a lot of success....and we also see failures when people go it alone after talking to their mate, or their relative, or that minimal-care-no-responsibility Facebook group run by Steve and Maribeth based on their own visa application! One application, and they feel qualified to advise others! It's not even LEGAL to do that!
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