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I still think the relationship registration (if it's available in the state where your partner lives - apparently not all states offer this) is the way to go it's so difficult to provide proof of anything when you're in an LDR and not had the opportunity of living together and generating the usual joint evidence. For my fiancé and I it was also a way of showing that we were serious about our relationship and were totally committed to each other. As for the other questions re the paperwork we used an agent to help with our application but even so we still had to have an noim most celebrants understand this process and are happy to help. Good luck ? xx

oh it so is, the waiting and not knowing is the hardest part! But I'll keep my fingers crossed ?for you too x

yes we registered our relationship just after we got engaged in 2016 I'd only just found out about it myself then by chance but apart from anything else it seemed like a really good way of proving to everyone that we were serious - which is sometimes hard to do when you're in an ldr and don't get to do the sorts of things other couples take for granted xx

you don't need to have lived together to register the relationship...it's kind of like a marriage certificate only without the ceremony ? you each have to get the forms etc witnessed and like any marriage contract it's legally binding. you're then issued with a certificate from the register office which states your names etc.

hi girls, still on the dog ? theme mine also are really too old also I believe to take the stress of the journey they're litter mates so both the same age. As to the question of evidence we had very little joint stuff but we did register our relationship in NSW (which I'm not sure is a widely known possibility but one which is recognized) we provided 6 statements 3 Australian and 3 from people we both spent time with when he was over here with me including one from an independent witness - a lady who runs a group I belong to and who I took him along to meet) I read somewhere when I was trawling these sites for info (as we do ?) that independent statements are good because the person has no emotional connection to either of you . Copies of all sorts of things we sent to each other including money transfer receipts, cards plus all of our photos and evidence could be cross referenced to events mentioned in our personal statements . Hope this helps ? ?

totally understand the dog ? thing it took alot of agonising and finally realisation that my money wouldn't stretch to all the required stuff for mine everything doubled because I have 2 ! But yes of course we're going to keep in touch and I'll be able to 'see' them on skype too ?

hi angelpie, finding this forum so helpful with lots of posts from others in a similar situation and advice too. Of course I'll do my bit by adding updates when there's something to tell it was interesting to read that you're taking your dogs ? for several reasons (top one being that I have an amazing friend) I'm not taking mine but it's not been an easy decision to make. ? xx

Thanks Angelpie, just thought it might be helpful to hear that pmv's are going through ? (in our case 5 months 10 days) and I'll keep my fingers crossed ?for you too ? no date as yet it's weird but not knowing how long the wait is going to be it's difficult to make definite plans in case you jinx it, but hopefully we'll have it sorted soon x

hi angelpie, we went for the pmv 300 app lodged 14/08/2017 (I'm UK my fiancé is Aus) we used a registered agent in Brisbane and we got our grant this week! ? good luck xx