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beckerboodles · 10-05-2008, 01:25 AM

Hi, this is my first post on here,

We are looking at applying for defacto spouse visa, My partner is Australian and we have been together since Jan 2007. He starts a new job in Sept and we need to be in Oz at the end of Aug.

Our problems is that although we have been together for 15months, and was staying at mine, eating, sleeping etc from about april, We did not make us living together 'official' until september 2007 as i was awaiting the financial side of my divorce to be settled, and beleived that his living with me could have caused problems with my ex, ( we moved him in when we learnt the ex was living with someone himself) I got my devree absoluet in March 2007, however the finacila side has never been settled ( i have since given up on getting any settlement as the legal fees were too high)

Sorry to waffle........ so my dilema is has anyone had any experience of a visa being granted without evidence to fulfill the 12 month co-habitation rule?

we have evidence that he paid for weekly shopping ( and he even kept the recipts that may show my personal items being paid for), we also have a stat dec from his mum saying that in june when she visited it was clear he was not living in his flat as no food etc and that she beleived us to be co-habiting from early on.

I also have a letter from my car insurance confirming he was on my car insurance as a named driver since April 2007, joint bank account from aug07,

My other question is - does anyone know.... if they deam this not to be enough evidence will they just wait until we fulfil the 12 months and then grant the visa? in which case will they allow me to travel to OZ in August for a couple of months on my current ETA and then come back to the uk and hopefully get the visa granted then.

Really sorry to go on and on ....... PLEASE DONT SUGGEST A Prospective marriage visa - I just got divorced and am now happy with de-facto for the time being!!!!

10-05-2008, 01:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
beckerboodles Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Perth WA Posts: 32 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts My Mood:	Defacto spouse- short on 12 months - special circumstances? Hi, this is my first post on here, We are looking at applying for defacto spouse visa, My partner is Australian and we have been together since Jan 2007. He starts a new job in Sept and we need to be in Oz at the end of Aug. Our problems is that although we have been together for 15months, and was staying at mine, eating, sleeping etc from about april, We did not make us living together 'official' until september 2007 as i was awaiting the financial side of my divorce to be settled, and beleived that his living with me could have caused problems with my ex, ( we moved him in when we learnt the ex was living with someone himself) I got my devree absoluet in March 2007, however the finacila side has never been settled ( i have since given up on getting any settlement as the legal fees were too high) Sorry to waffle........ so my dilema is has anyone had any experience of a visa being granted without evidence to fulfill the 12 month co-habitation rule? we have evidence that he paid for weekly shopping ( and he even kept the recipts that may show my personal items being paid for), we also have a stat dec from his mum saying that in june when she visited it was clear he was not living in his flat as no food etc and that she beleived us to be co-habiting from early on. I also have a letter from my car insurance confirming he was on my car insurance as a named driver since April 2007, joint bank account from aug07, My other question is - does anyone know.... if they deam this not to be enough evidence will they just wait until we fulfil the 12 months and then grant the visa? in which case will they allow me to travel to OZ in August for a couple of months on my current ETA and then come back to the uk and hopefully get the visa granted then. Really sorry to go on and on ....... PLEASE DONT SUGGEST A Prospective marriage visa - I just got divorced and am now happy with de-facto for the time being!!!!