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Australia Migration Insights, Tips & Updates from Jose Respall

With 24 years of experience, lodging thousands of Filipino visa applications to Australia, securing tens of thousands of visa grants ranging from visitors, parent, partner, child, last remaining relative, SkillSelect visa applications, ‘I have never seen such a technically harsh decision’ from the Department of Home Affairs, which was roundly explained this way:
Australia has various visa types, and each has its eligibility criteria. Check the Australian Department of Home Affairs website to know which visa best suits your situation or better still have yourselves individually and initially assessed for free by RESPALL Migration Australia who have been specializing in these permanent residency visa applications since 1999.
If you are an Australian citizen wishing to marry in the Philippines, the Philippine government will request you to secure a Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage (CNI), however, as of the 26th of March 2021, this is no longer mandatory and an alternative option is now accepted via the Memorandum Circular No. 2021-04. This is known locally in the Philippines as a Certificate of Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage.