I would just like to send out a thank you to Rozen and Aussiegirl. I applied for an EEA family permit as an unmarried partner of an EEA national on Monday 31st August. My application was received in Canberra on Tuesday and today I received an email saying my application has been approved! My partner...

Thanks again aussiegirl,

I am keeping all our emails and when my partner gets his computer all up and running we will talk on skype and then I can show our talk history or call log.

Did you show evidence of savings? I'm wondering if $10k is going to be enough?

A de facto visa is the Australian Immigration Department's version of an unmarried partner visa. But here we only have to prove living together in a relationship akin to marriage for ONE year.

Thanks aussiegal and guru, Much appreciated! my partner's mother visited us Christmas 2007 and we have photos. (She lives in Holland). Plus she emails me from time to time. So that's good. I will include all that in my application. I have a copy of my partner's Oz visa and passport certified by a no...

They tell you not to apply until three months before you are due to leave, and also tell you not to make travel arrangements until you get your visa; but of course flights to the UK aren't cheap, so you need to book them well in advance. If I were doing this, I would: (1) Not buy a ticket. (2) Appl...

Thanks aussiegirl. It's so helpful getting advice from someone who has been through the process. Did you post your application to Canberra? I was hoping it would be quicker than two months, but I will take your advice and look at booking a flexible ticket. I can't believe all the red tape and 10 mon...

Thanks Guru.

We don't have a child and we haven't purchased a house together. We did spend $5000 - $7000 furnishing our two bedroom rented apartment. I have enough evidence to prove our 'durable' marriage-like relationship for the last two years. I just hope our temporary separation will be ok.

Thanks aussiegirl! Your post has put me at ease. I have LOADS of evidence. I have been collecting things since May 2006, although we didn't start "living" together until August 2007. And DIAC granted my partner a de facto spouse visa so if the Australian Immigration department have given u...

Hi Rozen, Thank you for your reply. I would wait till August but I am afraid that my application could be refused because my partner has been back in the UK since 29 March and I am stuck in Australia due to my small business and studies. I read that periods of separation are ok, for periods up to 6 ...

Thanks 86ti. I would ask the embassy, but from my experience with dealing with the Australian Immigration department you ask the same question to three different staff members and you get three different answers. I will just try my luck and see what the outcome is. It's free to apply, so I'm not rea...

I read on the visas4uk website that applications for an EEA family permit can be submitted up to 3 months before my intended date of travel. Our two years of being in a durable relationship is 15th August 2009. Can I apply 15th June 2009, and by the time the embassy processes my application, we woul...

Can anyone advise on how strict the British embassy will be when assessing our durable relationship for the purposes of applying for an EEA family permit, if we have periods of separation of 6 months without visits, but can prove our relationship has continued during this time and we have remained i...