Hi,

I will be submitting an application for Partnership Resident Visa as well as a Partner of a Temporary Partnership Work Visa to cover me while the Resident Visa is processing.

Do all documents such as evidence to support our relationship need to be original or can they be color photocopies / prints. We have always scanned bills and receipts into our computer or opt'ed for bills to be emailed to us for storage so don't have very many original documents.

We also lost a lot of originals when our apartment flooded a few years ago which is also the reason we have always opted for an electronic copy. I think the only originals we have are leases and marriage certificate.

Also if I apply for both visas at the same time I obviously can't submit originals for both applications.

We currently live in NZ and will be mailing the applications to a NZ branch. (Don't know if this has any effect on my questions or not)

Thanks