Hi All
I am very new to this forum so apologies if the below isn't clear or has been answered already in the past!
I have been with my partner for just under a year; he has been offered a great job in Australia and the company that hired him is sorting out his visa (457) - and indirectly mine as defacto partner. While we are very serious about the relationship and committed we do not officially live together - he moved at mine over a month ago but has just only started to make the move 'official' (gas bills, bank statements sent to the address etc). I am fully aware that 'defacto' means being more than just 'boyfriend/girlfriend' and means being practically married for at least 6 months - and while it's the way we behave we don't have anything to show other than pictures, texts, emails, flights and holidays booked together. We also have the proof that we were looking for a place together before starting the visa application but that's about it.
Additional details: We are meant to move to Oz in January and I am too old for the WHV.
My questions are...
- do you know anyone who was in a similar situation and managed to get on the visa? Worth noting he is British, I am French.
- what else can we use to help our case? Do we need letters from friends, housemates, owners of B&Bs we stayed at etc?
- we talked about getting married, would this help us considering the tight timeline? He is not moving without me and I am not moving unless I can work...
Thank you so much for your help, this is all pretty stressful!