Down Under Visa Q&A Podcast - Interfering Relatives and Filipino Travel Agents

Today we discuss interfering relatives and Filipino travel agents, and how they can make life difficult for Filipino visa applicants to Australia.

Jeff Harvie and Jeremy Harvie from Down Under Visa discuss issues that come up with Australian Filipina couples applying for visas from Philippines to Australia.

Interferring relatives? This can mean kids and other relatives of Australian sponsors who can voice their disapproval of their dad remarrying. This may be due to racism, or selfishness, or in some cases they may have valid concerns. The bottom line is that an Australian sponsor is by nature a grownup and is entitled to their own happiness and entitled to choose their own wife and life-partner. It's no one elses business. And no one ever truly understands what goes on between a couple, and therefore should not judge.

Filipino relatives are more likely to give poor advice about visa applications, something they do in fact know nothing about. You engaged the services of a Registered Migration Agent who is professional and also an expert in this area.

Filipino travel agents are generally opportunists and none have the qualifications and a rock-solid code of conduct that protects you and the visa applicant from careless errors. It's poor economy to rely on someone untrained with something that should matter so much to you. Visa refusals are heartbreaking and also expensive.

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Jeff Harvie an Australian CItizen and a Registered Migration Agent with Down Under Visa, the premier Australian migration agency practice in Manila who specialise in partner visas, tourist visas and family visas for Australian Filipina couples. Jeff has had over 20 years experience with the Philippines and with Filipino culture especially as it relates to Australian culture. He lives in Manila Philippines with his Filipina wife and a large collection of children.

Down Under Visa can help with onshore partner visas, offshore partner visas, prospective marriage visas, fiancee visas, spouse visas, de facto visas, parent visas, child visas, tourist visas, visitor visas, citizenship by conferral (for PR holders) and Citizenship by Descent applications.