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I had a former prospective marriage visa client email me the other day who is happily settled in Australia with his wife (now with her partner visa), and he continues to be an avid BLOG reader.

This is specifically meant for those who are waiting on Australian tourist visa grants.

“I think I’ll move to the Philippines!” We at Down Under Visa hear that from our clients all the time. We hear it a lot more lately.

Note that this is for partner visa clients only, or for those occasional tourist visa applicants where they ask for a chest xray (ie. older applicants and those requesting a 6 month visa).

Doing a bit of anonymous research here on the cost of having an overseas relationship. I had a fair idea what it cost me in the past when I was still trying to find the girl of my dreams.

Australia has a strict and inflexible set of laws pertaining to issues of immigration. These are encased in the Migration Act (1958) and the Migration Regulations (1994).

I didn’t think they would do it again after the last lot of increases on 1 January 2015, but Mr Hockey has done it again.

Most of us Aussies would have heard the established advice about “getting back on the horse”, however for those who haven’t I’ll explain.

In the 2012/2013 financial year, the Manila Embassy processed 2,919 partner visas , ie. the combination of Subclass 300’s and Subclass 309’s. That’s a lot of visas! 243 per month. 56 a week.

A client asked me today about doing a BLOG article on the subject of kids not approving of their Dad or Mum’s choice of partner, and how best to deal with this.