Moonmin87

Hey guys I'm just in the process of uploading all my evidence for the second stage partner visa, and I cannot for the life of me see where I should upload my partner's statutory declaration! Can anyone help? It's not listed on the "attach documents" page under his name or mine - his just has travel docs, change of name evidence and national identity as recommended attachments, and when I go to "attach more documents" at the bottom I can't find anything that's remotely suitable. Same goes for the list under my name. It's frying my head - I'm looking for someone who has done this recently themselves... Thanks!

Thanks guys - I'm in NSW so we could register our relationship, yes. If we did that and put forward a strong case with supporting documents could they still reject our application on the grounds of us not having been together long enough? If we did that can anybody give me the most common reasons that de facto applications fail in spite of having registered? I'm just worried about making the right decision because it's a lot of money to spend. Thanks :-)

Hi everyone, I'm in a pretty unusual situation here. Basically I was on my first working holiday visa and met my partner on November 27th 2013, meaning we have been together only nearly four months. I had arranged to do my regional work beginning in January so that I could stay another year and allow things to develop with us at a normal rate, but on 2nd January I was a passenger in a car crash and broke my neck. My partner and I had only been together 5 weeks at the time, but things had been serious from the start and he flew straight to be with me and has supported me ever since (I've been living with him rent-free but am not on the tenancy agreement). My problem is that because of my injury I have been unable to do my regional work (I was in hospital for 3 weeks, and am now in a hefty halo brace with pending spinal surgery), and as such my visa will expire on 25th May. I am completely confused as to what to do about visas now, as a medical treatment visa (602) wouldn't give me the right to work and I am almost out of money. My partner says he will support me, but he is just about to buy an apartment for us to move into and I think it will be a stretch financially for him. On the medical visa application form there is a section where you can state your case in applying for the right to work - does anyone have any experience of this right having been granted? I'm not sure how best to outline my case. And I'm not even sure whether applying for a medical treatment visa is the best thing to do - in these circumstances would it be best to apply for a de facto visa and hope for the best? The cold hard facts of our relationship are as follows: Together 4 months Living together since 18th January (2 months) Have a joint bank account Evidence of him having spent a week with me in hospital, hired a car, paid for things I needed He is buying an apartment where we will both live His family are very supportive of our relationship (mother is a Justice of the Peace) He will support me financially Holiday plans for the future (tickets booked to see my parents in the UK in December) The issue with a medical visa is that A. it might not last much longer than my existing visa, and then I'd just be left with the option of a tourist visa. Also probably worth mentioning that I am going through the process of a CTP claim which will cover all my medical costs and loss of earnings. Thanks in advance for your help - any input would be gratefully received!