dcampbell

Hey guys

Im a bit pickled here. What exactly do I have to provide to prove my relationship in genuine. Ive been with my husband for 9 years, married since August 2005 had a baby in July 2006.

Do I have to write a statement? How long and what should be in it? Or just provide copies of joint bank statements, marriage cert etc?

your pickled'ly (hehe)

Denise xxxx

fartso

Hello Denise.

To prove your relationship you need to produce such documents like,

JOINT BANK ACCOUNT,
JOINT MORTGAGE,
UTILITY BILLS I,E-GAS,ELECTRIC,COUNCIL TAX ETC.

You will be asked for such documents,i dont know how many?

They will want photocopies of these.

Hope this helps

dcampbell

Thanks. Its says you've got to write a statement saying how and when you met, how your relationship progressed etc. do you have to write this if you are married?xx

James516

I think it depends on what sort of visa you are applying for. We are applying for a spouse visa and have had to provide loads of information - statements included.

hereshoping

I don't think they are as strict if you are married. But we wrote a statment anyway, though we had been married for under a year at the time of application.

Basiacally we didn't want to give them any reason to refuse or delay our application!

markandgill

Hi Denise,

You just send a certified copy of your marriage certificate

JAJ

What visa are you applying for?

moneypenny20

A copy of the birth certificate of your child will also be needed as proof of ongoing relationship. I don't know anything about proving the spouse bit for the general visas, but for a straightforward spouse visa where one partner is Australian, you should also provide a couple (if poss) of 888 statements from Australian citizens regarding your relationship and statements from friends and family.

dandan1

We're going for the belt and braces approach,too! Did you type out a joint statement and both sign it or did you write seperate ones?

shoshana

I am also going to include in ours our son's Australian citizenship by decent cert (once I apply for it this week and its issued) in our application.

And we have 4 Stat Decs by friends to include regarding our relationship.

We have been together 5 years, married for 3 years, with 1 child.

hereshoping

we did separate ones, they said basically the same thing but we felt it best if we did them independently.

We did not bother with any statements from friends or family in the end as we had loads of evidence for all the categories. They mustn't have minded as they gave us both visas.

dandan1

Cheers

dcampbell

Really? I thought that wouldve been enough, but on the explanatory notes it says in all cases statements of history of relationship and evidence of ongoing nature was required! And how the relationship progressed (te he nosey beggers i reckon that is TOO much information lol)

Denise x

Phoenix

Hmm - can I just say...

We dont have a joint account a mortgage or joint utiltiy bills and did not need to provide them for our spouse visa.

We DID provide statements from each other and rellies.

So if you have joint accounts then thats fine, provide copies, but if you don't then it's not really a huge deal.

moneypenny20

I wouldn't stress too much over your declaration. Me and hubby had been together for over 20 years and with 2 kids when I applied. There was no way I was dredging up old 1980's memories so I ended up with two A4 sheets of double spaced typing. Keep it shallow How you met, when you decided to get married, some of the things you've done together (keep it clean) how you continue to support each other, how all the household duties are shared (even if they're not). How you see your future panning out as a couple living in Aus. All they want to see is how you work as a partnership. They don't need to know your pet names for each other or how you entertain each other in the bedroom