Cheers Jeremy - Were in a relationship but this started seriously after I sent off send ind application 04-05. We dont live together but have been on holiday as a couple & have booked flights together. We have 2 different addresses that we live in. She has hers & I have mine. Therefore I dont think were clbutted as defacto.
She has applied for WHV on her own & I have applied for send ind by myself, wasent great timing in the end but one of those things.
That was my concern that we werent clbutted as defacto in DIMAs eyes & as the working holiday visa only lasts 1 year (without living on a farm in the outback for 3 months) & so we'd need longer to prove our relationship.
Anyway, thanks for your input to my problem, appreciated!-QUOTE
Marty,
Couple of points:
* You can't qualify for a spouse visa on defacto grounds unless you are living together, or at least not apart on a permanent basis. In extreme circumstances, you can meet the requirements if you maintain separate residences but this is very much the exception (ie where you are not permitted to live together under the law of your country of residence)
* It is better to err on the side of caution in declaring your relationship to DIMIA. You are obliged to notify DIMIA of any changes of circumstances until your send application is granted and you enter Australia on the send visa. If you don't declare your relationship for your send application, and subsequently apply for a spouse visa, DIMIA is going to ask you why the relationship was not declared previously. Unless you have a very good explanation, this could seriously harm her chances of getting the spouse visa.
PS: Migration advice is a very compebreastive industry - I doubt that many people are making a packet out of it!
Can you get defacto from ETA Sender: JAJFrench citizens are buttessment Level 1 and hence can apply for a student visa onshore *if* they are legitimately in Australia on another visa without a 'no further stay' condition. British...
Hope this helps,
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