Hi all
To make sure that there wouldn't be any slippage, I'd better ask around....
In short, I'll be applying for a residency through WTR (accredited employer) next week and I'll include my partner with this application. Our rough timeline is:
- I got my work visa (accredited employer) on 1 March 2016.
- On 7 May 2017, my partner joined me here on a 1-year partnership work visa.
- We essentially never lived together at that point in time but somehow with the evidence submitted it was seen as a genuine relationship I guess (thus the approval of the visa).
- Coming this 1 March 2018, it'll be 2 years on my WTR visa so I'll be applying for a residency and also include my partner.
Now the questions:
1) It has been just around 10 months that we've been living together in NZ. Would this be a problem at all for including my partner with this application?
2) Do I still have to submit the whole lot of evidence proving our relationship (like when she applied for a work visa based on our relationship)? Or would the fact that her current visa is a work visa based on our relationship is just enough? Of course I'll still include evidence to confirm our living arrangement in NZ (rates bill, utilities, etc).
I don't think that's a definite requirement for 'duration' of living together stuff when we're applying for a resident visa together (at least I couldn't find one)?
Thanks