Misschien een beetje late post, maar ik zit met hetzelfde probleem dat ik mijn relatie moet bewijzen. Hieronder een copy-paste van een officieel document van de Australische ambasade wat ik opgestuurd heb gekregen als antwoord op mijn vragen hierover.
DEFACTO RELATIONSHIP
The decision as to whether you satisfy requirements to be granted a visa on the basis of a de facto spouse relationship will require, among other things, that you meet the definition of a spouse at Migration Regulation 1.15A. Regulations 1.15 A (1)(B) & (c) require that you and your partner have a mutual commitment to a shared life as husband and wife to the exclusion of all others; are in a relationship that is genuine and continuing; and are living together, or not living separately and apart on a permanent basis. Regulation 1.15 A (2)(d) states that the Minister must be satisfied that the defacto relationship has existed for a period of 12 months immediately preceding the date of application of the party relying on the existence of the relationship.
Certain factors listed below are looked at when these requirements are assessed. This information sheet provides examples of the kinds of documents you can submit to support your claims to a genuine de facto relationship. You are not required to provide documents for all factors as your relationship may exhibit some of the characteristics listed but not others. You are at liberty to provide documents relevant to your personal situation which are not included in the information below.
THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP
• joint ownership/rent of real estate or residential property
• joint ownership of other major assets such as cars, furniture, household goods
• any joint liabilities such as insurance policies
• pooling of your financial resources e.g. joint bank or savings accounts which you have operated with reasonable frequency and for a reasonable period of time
• legal obligations towards your spouse or vice versa
THE NATURE OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD
• joint utilities accounts (electricity, gas, telephone)
• joint entry in the telephone directory
• correspondence addressed to you both at the same address
• shared responsibility for care and support of children
• joint responsibility for housework
• the terms of any life insurance, pension plans where you or your de-facto spouse is the beneficiary
THE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP
• evidence that you have declared your relationship to other government bodies and commercial/public institutions or authorities and acceptance of these declarations by these bodies
• statutory declarations by parents, family members, relatives, friends and other interested parties attesting to the length and nature of your relationship.
• joint membership of organisations or groups, documentary evidence of joint participation in sporting, cultural, social or other activities
• joint travel
THE NATURE OF YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE’S COMMITMENT TO EACH OTHER
• the duration of your relationship and the length of time you and your spouse have lived together
• the extent to which you have combined your affairs
• the terms of your wills, life insurance and/or other superannuation policies made out in each other’s favour
