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Thank you for your responses. We live in Australia, both at my mother's house, we pay board but individually; my Mum keeps receipts of my partners board money. Our housing agency is aware of us living here. We also have bank transactions, so this could be another way to prove we pay board. We have receipts from travelling, such as hotel bills and flight itineraries. We have a lot of photos taken together, and with each others families. Also thank you both for clarifying the "mutual friend" situation. I have met/know of my partners friends and they can verify our relationship, so I feel less worried about this now. We contribute to the household bills, however the bills are in my mother's name. Would the bank transactions my partner and I have made together be enough proof that we do pay bills together, or do they have to be in our names to be considered? We were also considering using a MARA for the reasons you have mentioned. I think we will definitely do this now though, just to make sure we are doing everything correctly.

Hello, My partner, who is from England, and I are ready to apply for our De-facto Relationship Visa. However, we are both growing concerned about everything it entails to apply. We are worried we do not have enough "evidence" for the Immigration Office to consider as proof and accept the Visa. We are doing our best at keeping as much proof of our relationship as we can over the last 2 years, but there are some things that just aren't possible for us at the moment: 1: We do not rent or own our own home, 2: We do not have any mutual friends, 3: There are no bills in both of our names; the closest to this that we do have is a joint bank account. Those are just some things, but the list that I have located online that shows all the evidence a couple need to have the best chance of approval is very long and I think only half can be achieved by us. We are just wondering if there is any leniency to the application process, or if it as strict and specific as I've come to see? If we do not have everything they require, what happens? Thank you.

That all sounds a bit tough. But I guess if that's the way it goes, we'll continue the process and just hope we can get through it. We were also wondering about his working rights. On the De-Facto Visa, is he able to work more than 6 months in a job? That's one condition he has struggled with on both his Working Holiday Visa's - having to leave a job every 6 months is becoming tiring.

Hello, Unfortunately I am not familiar will all the terms used for Visa's, so just bare with me. My partner is from England and he has been working in Australia for a year and a half. He is currently on his second Working Holiday Visa, and we are in the process of obtaining all the appropriate documents/evidence to apply for a De-facto Relationship Visa. There are just some things we are not certain of and are struggling to understand it all. 1: When we apply for the De-Facto Relationship Visa, is my partner allowed to leave Australia during the waiting period? I understand that the Bridging Visa B is the only Visa that allows you to travel while waiting for your Visa to be granted; 2: Do we get to choose to go on the BVB, or is that up to the immigration office? My partner is concerned about this for obvious reasons; he wants to be able to still visit his family during the waiting period. I have more questions, but just want to try to understand the above two at the moment. Can anyone please provide some insight/advice? I feel like my partner and I are going through this blind and it's worrying! Thank you.