Silvers

Thank you so much for your answer. Do you have any experience with this kind of situation (you or anyone else, of course)?

Hi everyone, First of all (this is my first thread and post), I am from Portugal and me and my boyfriend are looking forward to get a skilled permanent visa (subclass 189). My boyfriend is going to be the applicant for the visa and I am going with him, as we are living together for more than 12 months. This is where I need your help. Our situation is kind of unique, because we work in different towns. I work only during a part of the week, and in the rest of the time we live together in the same house. We have been trying to find a job on the same town but it has been impossible, so far. So, this is how we have been living for the past 2 years. The house where we live together (unfortunately only during half of the week) is not ours, and it is not our tax residence. The commodities bills are all in landlord's name. However, most of our mail such as mobile phone bills, credit cards, common bank accounts, etc, is received in this address. Recently we asked our local parish council to certify our de facto relationship, and we have a declaration for that effect. We would love to get married in the future, but we wish to do it when we have our own house and a stable economical situation. In Australia, we hope. It is a dream, an important matter for both of us. Do you think we can prove a de facto relationship with these kind of evidence and will it suffice for the Australian Immigration Services? Would it be better (or easier) to get married now in order to get the visa for both of us? Thank you so much for your help (I mean not only for this thread but for everything you say in this forum that I've been reading obsessively).