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Please watch our new promotional video. All animated, and all done here in the Philippines. You can even see Cartoon Jeff and Cartoon Mila!

I think we all know about the Australian visa application charge increases for offshore partner visas on 1 July 2015 , don’t we?

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.

Another great video from a couple of Down Under Visa clients with a partner visa, now settled in Australia. This is Justin and Ivy. Please watch and please enjoy. PS. They married on Saturday 2 May.

Frequent questions received by Down Under Visa involve what happens when the visa is ready to be granted and the applicant is in Australia at the time. Will they grant it?