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Condition 8503! UPDATE: This information in 2016 is outdated. Condition 8503’s from Manila are extremely rare these days. We haven’t seen an 8503 in about 2 1/2 years.

I just want to share some thoughts with you. We at Down Under Visa DO care about the outcome of each and every application that we manage.

I just received this as part of an email from a client we helped in 2010 (I think it was 2010). We managed the partner visa for his wife and step-son from Philippines.

We often meet with confusion about how to deal with us as migration agents, because most people have never done this before. It’s a step into the unknown, and there are often a lot of assumptions.

I do seem to be going on about tourist visas a lot, don’t I? Don’t get me wrong! We lodge a LOT of tourist visa applications for our clients, and most of the time we get great success.

I’ve already covered whether to choose Prospective Marriage Visa (fiancée visa) or a Tourist Visa in an earlier BLOG post , so I won’t go over the same issues again.

“What are my requirements?” “Can you give me a list of requirements?” “Tell me what I need, so I can bring everything along to your office?” How many times have I heard these words over the years in...

I generally don’t get into this sort of thing, but I do get annoyed when I see clients getting stung when they trust the wrong “agent”. This is as a much a vocation to us as it is a job.

I don’t know how many of you have visited the FilipinaWives site before. If you are involved romantically with a Filipina, then we suggest that you do.

Greetings to all, especially to present and past clients of Down Under Visa. No doubt many of you have seen the various “Current Affair” knuckle-dragging segments on “$100 brides” over the last year?