Common visa questions answered
Whether you are applying for your visa application yourself or you have appointed a Registered Migration Agent or Immigration Lawyer to act on your behalf, you will always have questions at any point of your application. I have listed below the five most common questions I get regarding visa applications. I have provided answers to […]
Tips in convincing your relatives or friends to come here in Australia
Australian Permanent Residents/Citizens enjoy many benefits while living in Australia. Most of us would like to share these benefits with our relatives and friends who are outside of Australia, and who might still be living in the Philippines or in other countries. However, sometimes it is not easy to convince our relatives and friends to […]
Protect yourself from unscrupulous advisers
I recently attended the public hearing on the Efficacy of Current Regulation of Australian Migration Agents held in Melbourne on the 23rd of July 2018.As I listened and reflected on the submissions and recommendations presented, I asked myself, how can visa applicants be protected as consumers? I believe the key is providing potential visa applicants […]
Health Insurance for Temporary Visa Holders
It is mandatory to have a private health insurance cover if you are applying for or holding a student visa, graduate visa, work visa or an training visa. Temporary visa applicants/holders usually have questions about private health insurance, such as: Do they really have to get it? Can they cancel their private health insurance once […]
Show money is not just for show
In most cases, international students are required to show financial capacity in their first year of study here in Australia. Some people call this “show money” and many people take its literal meaning that you just have to show you have money in your or your sponsor’s bank; and you don’t necessarily have to own […]
Student visa conditions, explained
Australia welcomes about 300,000 students every year. In the last financial year covering the period from the 1st of July 2016 until the 30th of June 2017, there were 374,294 lodged student visa applications and 343,035 of these applications were granted. Out of the 374,294 lodged student visas during this period, 3,680 were from Filipino […]
Managing stress while applying for visa
Applying for an Australian visa can be stressful and applicants usually go through a roller coaster ride of emotions. You can go through a range of emotional states such as being happy, anxious, doubtful, upset, hopeful and more. So, the question is, how do you stay sane while applying for your visa? Here are some […]
Which occupation list to use when applying for an Australian visa?
Before the major 457 visa changes were released in April 2017, there were only two occupation lists used in applying for most permanent or temporary work visas (189,190, 489, 186, 457, 485, 407 visas). These were the Skilled Occupation List(SOL) and the Consolidated Skills Occupation List (CSOL). Since the 1st of July 2017, many different […]
How State Sponsorships can help you get a PR visa?
There are many pathways in getting a Permanent Residency visa. Under the General Skilled Migration stream, there is one visa class, the 190 visa that requires a state sponsorship. However, not many people do how state sponsorships work. This article intends to give an overview of what state sponsorship is, its benefits to the visa […]
Are you getting the correct advice?
Whether you are planning to take a course of study or apply for any kind of Australian visa or whether your objective is to stay in Australia temporarily or permanently, you should get the correct advice, but how do you know if you are getting the right one? I have had many people who […]