millymarie

Absolutely. I think I speak for most independent, forward thinking women that I would eventually leave a situation where my husband did not make similar sacrifices for me as I have done so for him.

I'm guessing the visa you may be thinking of is the Partner Visa or spouse visa as it was called when I got mine. I'm not sure what the criteria is now for this visa but certainly when I applied for mine I didn't have any financial statements to show. I was advised by immigration in writing that there was "no set documentation requirements and it was down to me as to how I chose to demonstrate the authenticity of my relationship". I was on a WHV at the time so had very little documentation in my backpack(!) but managed to pull together a very methodical application enclosing photocopies of everything I could think of from our travels, greetings cards, joint plane tickets and insurance, accomodation receipts, passport stamps proving we had been travelling together, statements of family and friends, statements of ourselves, literally whatever I could think of. I didn't use an agent and my application sailed through without any questions within 9 weeks, so it can be done without the usual bank statements etc if you fulfil the criteria of the partner visa or can apply for it under special circumstances. Best of luck.