Hi there! Could anyone share their experience on proving 2-year cohabitation in relationship akin to marriage?
My unmarried partner (dependent) and I (main applicant) have applied for Skilled Worker + PBS dependent visa. Today my partner received the following email from the DMC:
The UK Decision Making Centre is currently assessing the application submitted by the above named. We are unable to conclude the application at this time as we require additional information.
Please provide the following documents:
Paragraph SW 29.2. (a) states - If the applicant and their Skilled Worker partner are not married or in a civil partnership they must have been living together in a relationship similar to marriage or civil partnership for at least the two years before the date of application
• Please provide further official documentation to evidence that you have been living with your partner in a relationship similar to marriage or civil partnership for a period of at least 2 years.
On our application, we have provided numerous documents (around 50) to demonstrate our cohabitation over the past two years (most of the documents are addressed either to me or my partner, though all had our residential address shown). The documents included:
- bank letters / statements, including the letter stating that my partner has full access to funds on my bank account
- power of attorney authorising my partner to act on my behalf, including in respect to the apartment we live in
- utilities invoices issued to me (as the apartment is owned in my name) and payment orders from my partner - basically my partner has been paying for utilities over the past years
- various letters from medical providers to either of us (medical check results, COVID test, quarantine docs etc.)
- delivery invoices
- a bunch of documents showing that we've been going on vacations to different countries together
We are now trying to gather additional bank statements, contracts and other formal documents, but I am not sure if we will have much more. So the questions are:
1) What else could we provide to the DMC to ensure that our relationship is demonstrated, based on your experience?
2) Would it be worth submitting our social media posts?
3) It is possible that the caseworker got confused with these 50 documents we have submitted initially as we have not provided any kind of explanatory note? I reckon it may be beneficial to send such a note.
4) A bit of absurd but still - is there a chance that the part of all of the documents somehow did not reach the caseworker? We have uploaded these cohab documents in both of our applications.
Any useful information on the above would be much appreciated!
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