Hi All,
I have been perusing this forum for a number of months now and I have found some incredibly useful information. I do still have some questions that I am hoping a few folks could pitch in for. I was given PR at the beginning this year and moved to New Zealand several weeks ago. Now my partner of 3 years will be joining me here shortly. Now I understand that there are 2 options for us to apply under partnership category, we have chosen the temporary partnership visa due to two main reasons. 1) I have only recently moved to the country and 2) my partner has been working over seas for a number of months and as such we have not been living together for a full 12 months before we apply for the visa. My main concern comes to supplying evidence for the temporary partnership visa.
What I have thus far is:
- Statements from family and friends (+/- 50 people)
- Social media contact
- Whatsapp, texting, BBM, email communications we have held over the years
- Dozens of pages of photos of us taken over the years
- Statements from the home owners where we stayed together before I moved over to New Zealand
Now being the paranoid type I am always scared that this is not enough, unfortunately we did not have joint accounts or rental agreements or other items of such nature (only common for couples to get after marriage in South Africa). What else could possibly be used as evidence in this instance. I am aware that this type of Visa has been discussed several times on this forum I am simply looking for any information that would be more applicable to my situation.
Thanks in advance for any assistance