Thursday, 15 January 2015

Two Common Traps Facing Beginners in the Visa Process


Down Under Visa are Australian Registered Migration Agents. Most of our clients are Australian men who have fallen in love with Filipina women, and want to get them visas so they can migrate to Australia. There is a variety of issues that our clients face, but two of them occur quite frequently, so I would like to focus on these issues in this blog post.

Trap Number 1

The issue that comes up the most is when the client tells us that their lady is married. They will say, “But she is separated from her husband.” The problem is that, to get married, or to apply for a prospective marriage visa, both parties must be free to marry!

The Philippines do not have a “no fault” divorce such as Australia does. A married couple may be legally separated, but “the marriage bonds shall not be severed.” The Philippines has an annulment process instead. (Refer to the Family Code of the Philippines)

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