Evidence of relationship- help!( 189 visa)

[Guest Darjoe]

Is this only applicable if you are NOT married, or do you still need to provide all this documentation as well as marriage certificate??

thanks in advance,

​j

Other requirements include providing:

• evidence of the history of your relationship, through a signed statement regarding
  
  • how, when and where you first met
    
  • how your relationship developed
    
  • your domestic arrangements, that is, how you support each other financially, physically and emotionally and when this level of commitment began
    
  • any periods of separation, when and why the separation occurred, for how long and how you maintained your relationship during the period of separation
    
  • your future plans.
    

 

• evidence of a genuine and continuing relationship, within the four broad categories of evidence below
  
  • financial aspects of the relationship, such as:
    
    • joint ownership of your house or joint names on a lease
      
    • correspondence addressed to both of you at the same address
      
    • details of financial commitments including bank statements, and any joint liabilities.
      

     

    [*]the nature of the household, such as:

    • any joint responsibility for the care and support of children
      
    • your living arrangements including sharing responsibilities within the home.
      

     

    [*]social context, such as:

    • evidence that you and your partner are generally accepted as a couple socially such as joint invitations
      
    • evidence of common friends
      
    • assessments by your friends and family of your relationship
      
    • joint travel or joint participation in sporting, social or cultural activities.
      

     

    [*]your commitment, such as:

    • the duration of your relationship including knowledge of each other
      
    • intention that your relationship will be long term through things such as the terms of your wills, and
      
    • correspondence and telephone accounts to show that contact was maintained during any periods of separation.
      

[Guest Claire-n-tel]

Nope only required if you are not married

[Guest Darjoe]

Nope only required if you are not married

Wonderful, thanks (married 12yrs) :-)

[wrussell]

Nope only required if you are not married

 

This is quite wrong.

 

Being married is not enough, there are numerous cases of sham marriages being undertaken to qualify for a visa.

 

In the case of a long marrige (and children?) it might be expected that the 'genuine and continuing' criteria could be readily satisfied.