Down Under Visa

23/04/2026

Want to bring kids to Australia from the Philippines later? After your Partner Visa grant? Be warned!

Want to bring your wife, husband, partner, girlfriend, boyfriend or child to Australia from the Philippines, China, Thailand, Vietnam or Cambodia? Get a FREE VISA ASSESSMENT from Down Under Visa today by the link in the description and spending five minutes only.

Australian Child Visas and Dependent Child Visas. What’s the issue?

To explain!

We get plenty of applicants for Australian Partner Visas from the Philippines and South East Asian countries who have kids, and yes they DO want to bring them. Just not straight away! Often it’s about finishing school, or child or children don’t want to leave their friends. Or mum wants to settle in first and bring the kids later

We tell them about Dependent Child Visas and Child Visas, and warn them to make sure the kids remain dependent. But as they say? When the cat’s away, the mice will play! And grandparents and aunties don’t supervise them like parents do.

So the child stops studying, or gets a job, or in some cases gets married! No longer dependent and we have to give the bad news! No longer dependent means no longer eligible for a visa!

The other issue is that child visas currently take a long time to process, so expect to be apart for years. It’s a long time to be apart from your kids.

So think carefully, and for goodness sakes get some professional advice and listen to it! Free visa assessment. Link is in the description.

Down Under Visa are THE Registered Migration Agents in South East Asia who specialise in visas for loving couples who want to be together! No work visas. No student visas. No investment visas.

Just Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for couples from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia who can’t stand being apart. Also Prospective Marriage Visas, Child Visas and Citizenship applications.

More information on the Down Under Visa website.

Jeff Harvie
Registered Migration Agent (MARN 0959797)

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17/04/2026

Want an Australian Partner Visa from the Philippines but you have a criminal record?

You probably know that a criminal record can prevent you from sponsoring your wife or partner from the Philippines to Australia. Yes, that law exists. Very real, and can be a serious issue.

Want to bring your wife, husband, partner, girlfriend or boyfriend to Australia from the Philippines, China, Thailand, Vietnam or Cambodia? Get a FREE VISA ASSESSMENT from Down Under Visa today by clicking the link in the description and spending five minutes only.

To explain!

This rule is there to keep your lady safe from the risk of domestic violence at the hands of an Australian sponsor with a history of violence. Previously? Ladies DID on occasion get sponsored by violent men, and they are very vulnerable being in a strange country. We’ve had clients in the past get caught. Now they ask for police clearances (National Police Clearances etc) from sponsors to assess this risk.

They are on the lookout for men (Australian sponsors) with previous criminal convictions for violent crimes, like assaults and armed robbery. NOT being caught with a bag of dope or being a drunk driver! They only care about violent crimes.

Do you have a past criminal record? Do you have a past conviction for a violent crime?Ths does not alway mean a visa refusal! There are shades of grey, and we can generally help men who have long since moved on from mistakes of the past to show that they are no current risk to the visa applicant. Definitely get some professional help!

Jeff Harvie is a Registered Migration Agent in South East Asia (based in the Philippines), married to a Filipino lady, does nothing BUT Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for Australian men in relationships with ladies in South East Asia. He also went through the Partner Visa process himself many years ago. So he’s just like you! Where else would you go but Down Under Visa?

Down Under Visa are THE Registered Migration Agents in South East Asia who specialise in visas for loving couples who want to be together! No work visas. No student visas. No investment visas.

Just Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for couples from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia who can’t stand being apart. Also Prospective Marriage Visas, Child Visas and Citizenship applications.

More information on the website

Jeff Harvie
Registered Migration Agent (MARN 0959797)

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10/04/2026

Greetings to all Down Under Visa clients (new, old and pending) from Jeff Harvie and the Down Under Visa team.

I hope all of you saw the video from last week (see link on this page) about how there are NO rational fears of Trump’s war in the Middle East affecting visa applications. NO border closures, and the only visas that have been cancelled have been those issued to Iranian citizens (because they don’t welcome a flood of refugees and/or overstayers who don’t want to return).

Business as usual for Australian visa applications!

Many of our older clients remember COVID. Borders were closed in Australia as well as the Philippines, yet our loving couples never gave up on each other. No one could travel. Many were locked up at home. Many lost jobs. But no one gave up on their relationships and the visa applications continued.

We’re aware that the cost of fuel has had an effect on the Australian economy. Not so much in the Philippines, but Australia is more car-dependent and much of what is consumed has to travel hundreds or thousands of km by road to get around. We do understand and we empathise. If any of you are having difficulties, don’t keep it to yourselves. I’m only an email away!

My personal belief is that this won’t last long. Even he-who-is-never-wrong knows that this is un-winnable and is looking for a way out whilst saving face.

A wise man called Jesus said “Do not be afraid” I think about 70 times. Great words to hang onto, and there is a lot of comfort in prayer for those who do.

All the best

Jeff Harvie

10/04/2026

Visa from the Philippines to Australia. What are my requirements?

What documents and evidence do I need for an Australian visa application? Tourist visa or Partner visa?

Want to bring your wife, husband, partner, girlfriend or boyfriend to Australia from the Philippines, China, Thailand, Vietnam or Cambodia? Get a FREE VISA ASSESSMENT from Down Under Visa today (link in the description) and spending five minutes only.

“What are my requirements?” Do I enjoy hearing this question on an almost daily basis? Not especially! One? There is no “standard list of requirements”, and Two? You don’t ask the chef for his recipes, nor do you ask your doctor for do-it-yourself surgery instructions! Every client has their own situation, and there is no one-size-fits-all list.

And Down Under Visa isn’t your one-stop-visa-shop either! We are Migration Law consultants, qualified to assess your suitability for a visa application and for guiding you through the complicated minefield which is Australian Immigration? And the costs? A lot of money, but more importantly the cost of making a life with your sweetheart! Get the experts to manage it if you can’t stand the thought of it going wrong.

We will assess you first of all for suitability for a visa. If you don’t qualify, all the “requirements” in the world won’t get you a visa! So let us do that first, and advise you what visa you will qualify for.......or sometimes sadly that we can’t help you (which is better than wasting your time and money!

Secondly, once you become a client, we will assess you even further and then give you a detailed To-Do List, ie requirements that will match you and your situation. And we will guide you through the process to make sure you get it right. Much more complicated than handing out lists to everyone.

So if you met the love of your life in the Philippines or anywhere else in South East Asia? Go meet her! Make life plans together! Get Australian visas to make it happen! And don’t risk failure. Get professional Migration Agents Down Under Visa to help you.

Jeff Harvie is a Registered Migration Agent in South East Asia (based in the Philippines), married to a Filipino lady, does nothing BUT Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for Australian men in relationships with ladies in South East Asia. He also went through the Partner Visa process himself many years ago. So he’s just like you! Where else would you go but Down Under Visa?

Down Under Visa are THE Registered Migration Agents in South East Asia who specialise in visas for loving couples who want to be together! No work visas. No student visas. No investment visas.

Just Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for couples from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia who can’t stand being apart. Also Prospective Marriage Visas, Child Visas and Citizenship applications.

More information on the Down Under Visa website

Jeff Harvie
Registered Migration Agent (MARN 0959797)

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07/04/2026

Will Trump’s war affect my Australian Visa from the Philippines?

Can I still get a visa, or will this mess up my travel plans?

Want to bring your wife, husband, partner, girlfriend or boyfriend to Australia from the Philippines, China, Thailand, Vietnam or Cambodia? Get a FREE VISA ASSESSMENT from Down Under Visa today by clicking the link in the description and spending five minutes only.

Plenty of panic about this at the moment, and worry in general. May I remind you that we all survived COVID a few years ago, which had a MUCH greater impact. And the Middle East? Kuwait! Iraq. Afghanistan. The Americans are regularly launching missiles in that part of the world, and it has yet to affect a single Australian visa!

We certainly survived COVID, which was much worse! The Australian and Philippines borders were closed for two years! Travel was rare and highly restricted. We had couples stuck in Australia and unable to return. We had couples stuck apart. We had couples who were desperate to meet each other. Not only did Down Under Visa keep working for you every day during this time, the Department kept granting visas! And Australian Filipina couples never gave up on each other, and the stories were inspirational.

The changes you heard in the news? The possibility of cancelling temporary visas on mass? They used these powers to stop Iranians visiting Australia at the moment, for whatever their reasons may be. It has NOTHING to do with stopping Bill from Bendigo bringing his wife Maribel from Mindanao to Australia! Relax! Life and visas will go on!

So no. There are no bans on visas. Australia is open and Australian visas get granted every single day. There is no threat to Australia from this part of the world. I guess they don't want to see a flood of Iranians entering Australia in the course of a few weeks because there are missiles flying in that part of the world thanks to Mr Trump. How is the Philippines coping? Fuel is expensive, and less cars on the road. Otherwise remarkably normal!

So if you met the love of your life in the Philippines or anywhere else in South East Asia? Go meet her! Make life plans together! Get Australian visas to make it happen!

Jeff Harvie is a Registered Migration Agent in South East Asia (based in the Philippines), married to a Filipino lady, does nothing BUT Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for Australian men in relationships with ladies in South East Asia. He also went through the Partner Visa process himself many years ago. So he's just like you! Where else would you go but Down Under Visa?

Down Under Visa are THE Registered Migration Agents in South East Asia who specialise in visas for loving couples who want to be together! No work visas. No student visas. No investment visas.

Just Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for couples from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia who can't stand being apart. Also Prospective Marriage Visas, Child Visas and Citizenship applications.

More information on the website.

Jeff Harvie
Registered Migration Agent (MARN 0959797)

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06/04/2026

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Why Australian Men are looking to South East Asia for their Future Partners. Enjoy, like and share!

Discover why more Australian men are finding love in South East Asia, particularly the Philippines. Real insights from Jeff Harvie of Down Under Visa on cross-cultural relationships.

31/03/2026

Can we make an Easier and Faster Australian Visa Application from the Philippines?

Can Down Under Visa (or any good Registered Migration Agent) speed the application though without all this nonsense paperwork?

Australian Visa applications, especially from the less affluent countries in South East Asia like the Philippines, have a tough job convincing the Australian Government that they are genuine and not just trying to live the good life. If the doors were open and there was no scrutiny, the Philippines would be empty by this time next week!

So we have ONE application opportunity to convince them that you have a good reason for visiting or for staying permanently. With tourist visa applications especially, it's extremely hard to prepare and lodge a successful application after a refusal, and partner visas are very expensive! You engage the services of Down Under Visa to get you a visa application. We cannot get you results and save you work or do rush jobs at the same time. It just doesn’t work like that!

We reserve the right to insist on the highest possible level of information and relationship evidence from you, because we can’t build a case on rubbish! We’ve done thousands of Australian visa applications over the years, and we have a reputation to uphold of never letting our clients down. And that calls for us being painfully honest and being tough when we need to be.

Can you handle that? Our thousands of successful former clients all seem to think it was worthwhile. And why wouldn’t they?

Jeff Harvie is a Registered Migration Agent in South East Asia (based in the Philippines), married to a Filipino lady, does nothing BUT Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for Australian men in relationships with ladies in South East Asia. He also went through the Partner Visa process himself many years ago. So he's just like you! Where else would you go but Down Under Visa?

Down Under Visa are THE Registered Migration Agents in South East Asia who specialise in visas for loving couples who want to be together! No work visas. No student visas. No investment visas.

Just Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for couples from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia who can't stand being apart. Also Prospective Marriage Visas, Child Visas and Citizenship applications.

Jeff Harvie
Registered Migration Agent (MARN 0959797)

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27/03/2026

Never claim paternity to be a hero on an Australian visa application from the Philippines

Want to bring your wife, husband, partner, girlfriend or boyfriend to Australia from the Philippines, China, Thailand, Vietnam or Cambodia? Get a FREE VISA ASSESSMENT from Down Under Visa today by clicking the link in the description and spending five minutes only.

Do not claim to be the biological father of a child on an Australian visa application when it’s not your child!

I get it! I have adopted children myself. I admire any man who willingly takes up the dad mantle instead of walking away! It’s old-school chivalry! It's a noble action and intent, but you will in fact make things worse by lying about the facts.

But it’s highly illegal to write false information on an application for a Government document! You risk visa refusal, 3 year bans, and maybe prosecution.

The Department are very good at finding out, especially if you weren’t in the country at the time of conception. AND it's very obvious when a child doesn’t resemble dad! They DO look at photos and they DO notice these things.

So please do NOT do it! Once you have that bogus birth certificate, your future with the child is fried! It's especially heartbreaking to see because there ARE perfectly legal ways of giving your last name to a child. Even more noble because it actually works. I did it myself many years ago so I'm speaking from experience.

Jeff Harvie is a Registered Migration Agent in South East Asia (based in the Philippines), married to a Filipino lady, does nothing BUT Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for Australian men in relationships with ladies in South East Asia. He also went through the Partner Visa process himself many years ago. So he's just like you! Where else would you go but Down Under Visa?

Down Under Visa are THE Registered Migration Agents in South East Asia who specialise in visas for loving couples who want to be together! No work visas. No student visas. No investment visas.

Just Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for couples from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia who can't stand being apart. Also Prospective Marriage Visas, Child Visas and Citizenship applications.

More information on the website

Jeff Harvie
Registered Migration Agent (MARN 0959797)

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20/03/2026

Australian Onshore Partner Visa lodged. She is pregnant and homesick for the Philippines! She wants to get a BVB and visit her family.

Want to bring your wife, husband, partner, girlfriend or boyfriend to Australia from the Philippines, China, Thailand, Vietnam or Cambodia? Get a FREE VISA ASSESSMENT from Down Under Visa today by clicking the link in the description and spending five minutes only.

Your Filipina sweetheart (or your sweetheart from another South East Asian country) is pregnant. She's emotional and vulnerable and she misses her mum and all the things that are familiar. So she thinks if she takes a trip back home she will feel better, and can then return to her husband in a few weeks to a month. So you get her a Bridging Visa B so she can travel back for a bit.

What could possibly go wrong?

- She travels back
- She suddenly finds she can’t travel back to Australia (which is not uncommon due to medical reasons)
= She gives birth (with no Medicare and maybe questionable treatment)
= Baby born probably without the father present!
= Baby is born NOT as an Australian Citizen
- It takes months to get a passport for baby
= We need to apply for citizenship by descent for baby
- This means baby can’t come to Australia for maybe 8 months after birth
- In the meantime the Department says they need to finalise the 820 partner visa, but can’t because mum is outside of Australia
- Visa applicant has to decide whether to leave tiny baby with grandma while she returns to Australia for the grant (maybe away for a month), or risks visa refusal

Look I get it! I know how emotional the ladies get at this time, but you have to be practical and need to think of how this will affect your unborn child as well as the effect on your husband and on your marriage. You could mess up your entire application and it could be a very long time before she gets to return to Australia to be with you. Yes, feelings matter. But you've worked hard for this, and sometimes we all just need to toughen up so we get what we want and need.

This is an example of straight-talk and commonsense advice that Down Under Visa clients have available.

Get your case assessed. Get a FREE VISA ASSESSMENT and spare five minutes, and get yourselves on the right path.

Jeff Harvie is a Registered Migration Agent in South East Asia (based in the Philippines), married to a Filipino lady, does nothing BUT Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for Australian men in relationships with ladies in South East Asia. He also went through the Partner Visa process himself many years ago. So he's just like you! Where else would you go but Down Under Visa?

Down Under Visa are THE Registered Migration Agents in South East Asia who specialise in visas for loving couples who want to be together! No work visas. No student visas. No investment visas. Just Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for couples from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia who can't stand being apart.

More information on the Down Under Visa website

Subclass 300 Prospective Marriage Visas
Subclass 309 Offshore Partner Visas
Subclass 820 Onshore Partner Visas
Subclass 461 NZ Family Relationship Visas
Subclass 600 Visitor Visas
Subclass 445 Dependent Child Visas
Subclass 101 Child Visas
Subclass 870 Temporary Parent Visas
Citizenship By Descent applications
Citizenship By Conferral applications

Jeff Harvie
Registered Migration Agent (MARN 0959797)

Australian Onshore Partner Visa lodged. She is pregnant and homesick for the Philippines! She wants to get a BVB and visit her family.Want to bring your wife...

18/03/2026

No short-cuts to an Australian Partner Visa from the Philippines

Want to bring your wife, husband, partner, girlfriend or boyfriend to Australia from the Philippines, China, Thailand, Vietnam or Cambodia? Get a FREE VISA ASSESSMENT from Down Under Visa today by clicking on the link in the description and spending five minutes only.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, and the most straightforward way to get a partner visa is through a partner visa application. Don’t try to be clever! The Department of Home Affairs have seen all the cute tricks and ways to scam them.

Would YOU believe that a girl who worked in SM Department Store suddenly wants to study Social Work in Perth for 8 - 10 times the course cost of studying the same thing in Manila? And what about when you find out she intends to stay with her Australian fiance during the course? That’s what I mean.

It’s a whole lot easier to demonstrate that you have a genuine relationship with an Australian CItizen sponsor when you in fact HAVE a genuine relationship with him! And that means a partner visa application. Why complicate things? And the Department have an immense dislike of visa applicants who are not straight with them.

Lying about your intent will get you caught. And falsified documents and leaving out facts in the application itself will also lead to a visa refusal, and probably a three year ban from trying again.
So be honest with your Migration Agent. An honest and ethical RMA will appreciate it and will help you when you have a problem. Beware of any Agent who agrees to cover things up for you or who wants you to try his clever scheme. Saying “The Agent said it would be OK” doesn’t change facts. Don’t lie or cheat!

Get your case assessed. Get a FREE VISA ASSESSMENT (link in the description) and spare five minutes, and get yourselves on the right path.

Jeff Harvie is a Registered Migration Agent in South East Asia (based in the Philippines), married to a Filipino lady, does nothing BUT Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for Australian men in relationships with ladies in South East Asia. He also went through the Partner Visa process himself many years ago. So he's just like you! Where else would you go but Down Under Visa?

Down Under Visa are THE Registered Migration Agents in South East Asia who specialise in visas for loving couples who want to be together! No work visas. No student visas. No investment visas. Just Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for couples from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia who can't stand being apart.

More information on the Down Under Visa website!

Subclass 300 Prospective Marriage Visas
Subclass 309 Offshore Partner Visas
Subclass 820 Onshore Partner Visas
Subclass 461 NZ Family Relationship Visas
Subclass 600 Visitor Visas
Subclass 445 Dependent Child Visas
Subclass 101 Child Visas
Subclass 870 Temporary Parent Visas
Citizenship By Descent applications
Citizenship By Conferral applications

Jeff Harvie
Registered Migration Agent (MARN 0959797)

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13/03/2026

COVID Times and Australian Partner Visas from the Philippines

Want to bring your wife, husband, partner, girlfriend or boyfriend to Australia from the Philippines, China, Thailand, Vietnam or Cambodia? Get a FREE VISA ASSESSMENT from Down Under Visa today by clicking the link in the description, and spending five minutes only.

I'm sure everyone remembers the two years of the dreaded COVID days! The world was locked down. Being forced to wear masks and stay at home. Borders closed (including the Australian border and the Philippines border) meaning you could not visit your sweetheart and she could not easily come to Australia.

The world was in danger! Any one of us could get sick and die without a family funeral. It was a real threat and it affected everyone.

Wars in the Middle East? Remember Kuwait being invaded? 9-11? Iraq and Afghanistan? TV footage of missiles and of soldiers fighting in the cities and the hills? We all survived, didn't we?

Again, COVID times were horrible, BUT! Down Under Visa Partner Visa clients never gave up on each other! We did not see a single couple pull the pin on their application and run away. No, they all stuck to each other patiently. They went through online weddings, travel ban exemptions, hotel quarantines, and endless months and years of waiting for visa grants so they could be together.

Tough people, who stuck with their commitments to each other!

And Down Under Visa kept the office door open every working day of COVID. No running back to Australia. We stuck it out and we took care of our clients, as we intend to do during this time too. Life will return to normal, and those couples who kept on working on their visa applications will be one large step closer to being together permanently.

So don't let go of each other! It's not so easy to find the right life-partner. Don't waste this gift.

Get your case assessed. Get a FREE VISA ASSESSMENT and spare five minutes, and get yourselves on the right path.

Jeff Harvie is a Registered Migration Agent in South East Asia (based in the Philippines), married to a Filipino lady, does nothing BUT Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for Australian men in relationships with ladies in South East Asia. He also went through the Partner Visa process himself many years ago. So he's just like you! Where else would you go but Down Under Visa?

Down Under Visa are THE Registered Migration Agents in South East Asia who specialise in visas for loving couples who want to be together! No work visas. No student visas. No investment visas. Just Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for couples from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia who can't stand being apart.

More information on the Down Under Visa website

Subclass 300 Prospective Marriage Visas
Subclass 309 Offshore Partner Visas
Subclass 820 Onshore Partner Visas
Subclass 461 NZ Family Relationship Visas
Subclass 600 Visitor Visas
Subclass 445 Dependent Child Visas
Subclass 101 Child Visas
Subclass 870 Temporary Parent Visas
Citizenship By Descent applications
Citizenship By Conferral applications

Jeff Harvie
Registered Migration Agent (MARN 0959797)

COVID Times and Australian Partner Visas from the PhilippinesWant to bring your wife, husband, partner, girlfriend or boyfriend to Australia from the Philipp...

12/03/2026

https://www.downundervisa.com/posts/down-under-visa-new-website-for-2026

Down Under Visa has updated their long-standing website to make it smoother and easier-to-navigate. Please look and enjoy, and please share with your friends and colleagues!

Down Under Visa, THE Migration Agents for the Philippines and South East Asia and Australian Partner Visas, have an updated website to make lives easier!