12 month requirement

Hello, I wondered if anyone could help me or shed some light on my situation. I have been given so much conflicting information i'm really unsure of how to proceed and thought I might be able to get some help here. I am from the UK and my partner is an Australian. We met in March 2017...

Everybody can you plz give me some advice!! I am gay from Vietnam and I have applied for 820/801 visa on the 13th Sep 2016, not assigned a case officer yet. The problem is upon submitting the application, we had been living together under one roof for only 11 months 20 days. The history of...

Hello all! I want to listen (read) your opinions about my case. My partner and I met online and after a 7 months long distance relationship we decided to move in together. We knew that it was not going to be easy - as long as he has a small son here in Australia, his work is basically in...

Hello Everybody! I was reading many posts and I fpund this forum really helpful. However, I am having some doubts about my situation. My partner and I met almost 2 years ago, online. We started a formal relationship in May,2013 and he went to Perú on December 2013 to met in person. He stayed...

Hi guys, I have been reading lots of threads on the site and found it all so helpful, but I still need some advice. I am from the UK and my partner is Australian, we met and started dating in early December 2012, and committed to a long term relationship in late January 2013 (my flight home...

My partner of 2 years (long distance relationship) and I are trying to figure out the best way to bank the 12 months for a partner visa. I am from Canada, and he lives in Vic. I have already used up my first WHV but I did not live with him and I was in the country for under six months and can...

Hey guys, I am still confused as to whether my situation will qualify my partner and I applying for the offshore de facto visa. I'm Australian and my partner is French, we have been together for 17 months, however: * 2 months we were together in Australia however not "officially living...

Hi, first time user. My girlfriend lives in Australia and is a citizen of Australia and we are wanting me to go there and to stay with her so we can meet the 12 month rule of de-facto relationship so later we can apply for either the Prospective Marriage Visa or the Partner Visa at the end of...

Hi folks, apologies for the spelling error in the title, darn smartphone. There has been a few posts on the subject within this forum, but it is quite scattered and difficult to locate. I applied for a partner visa in Feb 2012, exactly on the last day of my working holiday visa. Of course this...

Hi everyone, I have been reading and trying to find a similar de facto case online for quite a while but I haven't come accross one so I am posting mine on here in case someone has an idea! I am originally from Thailand and my partner is Australian. We have been living together since Feb 2010...

I hope someone can help me with this. We are applying for a de facto visa very shortly but I wanted to check a few things first. My partner and I moved in together last December 2010 and had a joint lease. His WHV ended in September 2011, so we left Australia in August 2011 travelled together...

Okay, this might sound like a really stupid question but I've been searching forums and can't seem to find an answer (possibly because the question is so stupid nobody else needs to ask :o )... Immigration states that "people applying as a de facto partner must have been in the relationship...

Am starting to panic about our offshore PMV. I'm Irish, my partner is from NSW (he's there currently) ... we have known each other 3 years and lived together about a year and a half in total, in the UK and Ireland. He has now gone home due to an expired visa, and I'm back in Ireland, where the...

hoping that someone can set my head straight here, basically I met my Australian boyfriend in Ireland (he was on a year visa) we lived together for 5 months out of this year. he moved to London when the visa expired, I followed a few months later (I was still working at this stage and couldn't...

Hi all! Wondering what the consequences of breaking the 6 month working for one employer rule are? I know it shouldnt be done etc etc etc, but we didnt even realise that the rule existed and now may be over the 6 month limit. I'd love to hear from anyone who has broken the rule or knows someone...

Hi, Would like to know if anyone has any advice or have similar situation that they can share their experience. My partner and I have been together for 3 years, Long distance. I'm from the USA and i was studying in college. he was in Australia working full time. We were apart because i was...