Hi, To anyone who's interested we received an answer on our De Facto application today after a wait of 7 weeks. Unfortunately they rejected us based on insufficient evidence (joint bill etc..). We have been considering a civil partnership for a long time, so now, though the circumstances are less th...
Good luck getting information from the telephone "helpline". If you have lodged a very comprehensive application with lots of supporting documents then I would say the only thing to do is wait. Just to let you know, myself and my partner submitted our app on June 18 and we're still waitin...
Hello, I'd like to find out how do the department handle the expiry of a Visa which happens when the applicant is awaiting the outcome of another process with the department. Specifically my partners student visa expires soon, but we have not heard any news yet on our application for 'de facto' rela...
Hi all, Just wondering what to do in this situation: My partner's student visa will expire soon (unlikely to be renewed as its valid for 3 years now). We have recently sent all documentation for to apply for de facto relationship status and are waiting for the result, so we have started a process wi...
Hi, It seems like the best thing to do is to go and talk to them in GNIB before the student visa expires, explaining that an application for de facto status has been made (bring with you any letters from INIS as proof - e.g. acknowledgement of receipt of application). I believe that once a process h...
We have a friend who applied and it took ~2 weeks to get a reply - but maybe this is the exception. This is very important as my partners student visa is due to expire on July 15 - (he's already been here on 'student status' for 3 years so he can't apply again). Due to the fact that we have an appli...
I'm kind of panicking a bit maybe, but we requested bank statements yesterday and his could take up to 2 weeks to arrive (mine 1 week). I have no idea how quickly they review de facto applications, but do you think it's ok to wait until we receive them or should we send something acknowledging this ...
Oh right, GNIB number isen't it? It was obtained on student visa status. Yes we have that. Just send the stuff in with that ref number then? Does your Brazilian partner have a 69/- Ref no.? Did she previously register as a student or any other status? the ref no usually does not change, it will be t...
As of yet, we've just sent the main tranch of documents last Friday and we've not received any correspondance from them - so we don't have any reference number yet. I assume you mean to wait for them to contact us regarding our application (on which they'll put our Ref. number) and then to respond b...
Great idea...
And then to send it to them - registered post again I guess?
ImmigrationLawyer wrote:Yes why not give them all up to date documents from the bank? They will usually give you a stamped print out if you go in to the branch, I think.
Thanks Fatty Patty, Just to clarify, we didn't actually send up do date bank statements for us as individuals. For him: we sent one from Sept 2010 - but it was included as a proof of residence more than as evidence of finances. For me: we didn't send any bank statement, but a mortgage document and n...
Hi all, Myself (Irish) and my partner (Brazilian) last week sent our request to INIS for de facto status. Then today, I read the webpage on INIS again and saw that among the thing they ask for is "Evidence of finances of both parties". We sent a statement for a small joint savings account ...
ok, thanks - will drop the idea of landlady letter (not sure if she'd do it anyway). You say I should just put the first date of move in into the sworn affidavit... do you reckon I should go with when he effectively moved in.. i.e. Sept 2009, or the later date when he moved all his things from the r...
A sworn affidavit from me sounds like a good idea... I'll look into having that drawn up. Not sure about dentist/doctor things.. maybe. Again, will have to dig into that and hopefully come up with something. One thing on my mind is that, to all intents and purposes, he lived here from around Sept/Oc...
thanks Walrusgumble, we now have joint bank account, utility bills and health insurance, but only since the start of 2011... we have lots of photographs showing us on holidays in Brazil and other places that date back a long way... I could also show flight bookings paid for from my card, but for him...
thanks for the reply, I've heard of people applying a few weeks before their 2 year anniversary and being successful so what you say backs that up. I'll just not be too early, maybe a couple of weeks. We have joint finances for the last few months, plenty of holiday photos (with him and his family) ...
Thanks for that, I was also wondering, is co-habitation a necessary requirement to be granted de facto status? The reason for this question is we have cohabited from almost the start of the relationship, but it's a little difficult to prove as the mortgage and bills have remained in my name for a lo...
Hi, I'd like to ask a few questions on a de facto relationship application. At the end of June I will be in a relationship with my partner (Brazilian) for 2 years and we'd like to apply for de facto status. His student visa will expire in mid July (after 3 years, and so is unlikely to be extended an...
