Hi all,
So here is the story, I am a 27 year old male and a New Zealand citizen, I have met an Armenian girl online (threw faceook, not a dating site) two years ago and we were talking as friends frequently learning about each others countries etc. after about one year of talking to each other quite often (almost every day) we became so close we decided to become partners 14 months after meeting online (and yes I had not met her in person, just on Skype). Since we became partners in September 2014 our contact with each other has been everyday with facebook messages and txting, with Skype calls lasting no less than one hour every Sunday. I book a flight to go see her 9 months after we became partners and I spent 3 weeks with her to discus our future, we both rented an apartment for that time.
We have applied for a visitor visa for her to join me in NZ as to get a partnership visa we have to live together for about 3 months which we have not been able to do at this stage. We are hoping this gets approved as I have herd it is hard for Armenians to be approved visas, we have applied for a 5 month visitor visa with me as a sponsor and provided cover letters asking for exception to instruction and all evidence we have of our relationship and told them we would like to apply for a partnership visa in NZ after 3 months of living together. We are both hoping this gets approved as it has to go to the New Zealand immigration in Moscow and we have herd they can be quite tough and often issue limited visas which means no further visas can be applied for while on that visa. we are obviously hoping she is granted a limited visa as we would not be able to apply for a partnership visa while she is here, which is our plan and we have told them that in our cover letters.
If all goes well with the visitor visa we would like to be as prepared as we can be when it comes to collecting all required documents and evidence suitable to successfully apply for a partnership based work visa, I know that official documents addressed to us at the same address are one main piece of evidence which is very important, how ever in our situation my partner will be here with no income and be living off my bank account (which I will add her to) is there really any point in adding her name to my bills when the immigration officer will see she has been living off me and has no income?
The next thing on my mind is what else can we collect as evidence? I own my house so can not have a joint tenancy agreement, If anybody can provide a list of things I should collect while she is here that would be really great. I was thinking of adding her to my car insurance even though she does not have a drivers licence, is that a good idea?
But anyway, after reading this I hope some people can provide some good tips on what to gather and what to do while she is here to help us threw the partnership visa.
Thanks a lot people