Hi everyone, I am new to the forum and have a quick question re above.
Background:
I am preparing my partner's partner visa (801/820) application. We have been seeing each other since 2016 and got married in April this year.
We had a joint bank account opened around January 2017 to save up for our wedding + her partner visa fees. Funds were paid into this account monthly - I paid the most money into this account because I work full time. She worked casually.
Since we got married, we have been living in a share-house with another couple. Our name is not on the lease agreement for the share-house, we only pay the main tenant via EFT for our rent.
Question:
The DIBP says the following is a requirement for the above visa:-
"a mutual commitment to a shared life as husband and wife to the exclusion of all others."
Would us living in a share-house be grounds for rejection for her partner visa application? Would it be recommended that we leave the share-house and find our own place to rent?
The only reason I ask is.. taken literally, we are not living a shared life as husband wife and wife to the exclusion of all others because we have housemates we are living with.
Please call me out on the above if I am reading into it too much.
TL;DR:
Many thanks for all responses.
Background:
I am preparing my partner's partner visa (801/820) application. We have been seeing each other since 2016 and got married in April this year.
We had a joint bank account opened around January 2017 to save up for our wedding + her partner visa fees. Funds were paid into this account monthly - I paid the most money into this account because I work full time. She worked casually.
Since we got married, we have been living in a share-house with another couple. Our name is not on the lease agreement for the share-house, we only pay the main tenant via EFT for our rent.
Question:
The DIBP says the following is a requirement for the above visa:-
"a mutual commitment to a shared life as husband and wife to the exclusion of all others."
Would us living in a share-house be grounds for rejection for her partner visa application? Would it be recommended that we leave the share-house and find our own place to rent?
The only reason I ask is.. taken literally, we are not living a shared life as husband wife and wife to the exclusion of all others because we have housemates we are living with.
Please call me out on the above if I am reading into it too much.
TL;DR:
- We first saw each other in 2016
- We opened a joint bank account around January 2017 to save up for our wedding + her partner visa fees
- We got married in April 2018
- We have been living in a share-house since we got married (rent is expensive in Sydney and we are trying our best to save for our first home deposit)
- Is living in a share-house grounds for rejection of her partner visa application?
Many thanks for all responses.
