Last updated: 16 March 2020

The Social Aspects Of The Relationship

Proving the social aspects of the relationship between the applicant and the sponsor requires more than just submitting photos.

There isn’t an exhaustive list on what is considered the social aspects of the relationship but the legislation has stated the following:

• whether the persons represent themselves to other people as being married to each other; and
• the opinion of the persons’ friends and acquaintances about the nature of the relationship; and
• any basis on which the persons plan and undertake joint social activities; and

When the legislation explicitly says something, you listen up and you better be sure to answer each and every point because you know the case officer will be assessing you against them.

So let’s go through what each point means and help you answer how to give details of the social aspects of the relationship.

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Last updated: 16 March 2020

The Nature Of The Commitment The Applicant And The Sponsor Have To Each Other

In today’s post we’re going to discuss the nature of the commitment of the applicant and the sponsor.

When you love someone, you know you love them. They know you love them. But now you have to prove to the Department that you love each other. And on top of that, you have to provide tangible evidence around something so intangible as human emotions.

How do you prove the nature of the commitment that the applicant and the sponsor have for each other?

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Last updated: 16 March 2020

The Nature Of The Household

Giving details of the nature of the household is one of the easier aspects of the relationship that you need to prove. In short, you need to write about how you live together, what you do together and if you share responsibility of the housework.

As the Regulation states, the nature of the household, including:

(i)  any joint responsibility for the care and support of children; and

(ii)  the living arrangements of the persons; and

(iii)  any sharing of the responsibility for housework;

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Last updated: 16 March 2020

The Financial Aspects Of The Relationship

The Australian partner visa application requires that the applicant and sponsor provide evidence of the relationship against 4 criteria. That is, the case officer will take your partner visa application and look at all the evidence and what you have written and weigh it up against 4 things:

1. Financial aspects of the relationship
2. Social aspects of the relationship
3. Nature of the commitment to each other
4. Nature of the household

Today we’re going to go through how to write details of the financial aspects of the relationship.

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