Is my partner a partner?

[juby]

Howdy

I just had the tastiest thai stir-fry.. had to share 

So.. potentially, my easiest entry point is via my Kiwi boyfriend. Great, he's my boyfriend, but do we qualify as partners?

After meeting personally with a licensed advisor, and sending numerous emails to eachother, he said Yes we can do it. But now of course wants me to cough up the £3500 to star the process...

I want to know... what the Advisor knows... 

Here're the facts:
Friends since March 2009;
Dating since December 2009;
Not living together;
No shared financial assets;
Have endless telephone bill proof, emails, msn, facebook, photographs and can get written proof from friends, family members and colleagues.
We currently work together (yes this was challenging at first, but we wouldn't have had the opportunity to get to know eachother so well if this wasnt the case!)

What do they accept as proof of living together? Sounds dodgy, but maybe the advisor was going to suggest I change my salary slips and banking statement addresses to his address? I'm clutching at straws...  Kiwi is going home in November, so I explained to the advisor that since we both have leases, and it's so soon, there would be no point in packing and moving etc.

Lastly.. surely they'd want some kind of proof that we intend to STAY together? If I was working at immigrations, that's certainly something I'd query.. Yes we're great together and one day we'd love to start a family together but it's way to premature to discuss wedding bells. What else do they look for?

Ok I think thats more than enough for now.

Thanks to everyone/anyone who has any info in this department   


Keeping it positive.

[Nolan]

HERE is the info you need

with

proof of shared residence (such as joint mortgage or tenancy agreements of rent book)
and
financial dependence or interdependence (proof of shared income or bank accounts, or accounts that show money transfers to or from your account to your partner’s account)

being the most important

[Centurionite]

Partners in NZ, can be in a relationship from 6 months - but normally living together, and in most cases that I have seen a pregnancy to.

Would be different if you had been together longer than 2 years and living together.

Just my 2c worth.

[juby]

Thank you both for your input.

I found last evenin (see point 2):
https://immigration.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/immigration.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=179&p_created=1163976997&p_sid=cIv32K6k&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_srch=1&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9Nyw3JnBfcHJvZHM9OSZwX2N

Spoke with another Advisor before finding the above - he was leaning towards the same theory, that they may offer a 1 year work permit to give us the opportunity in NZ to see if the relationship can work. From there, we would be living together and could therefore offer further proof at the end of the year, to apply for PR as partners OR I could apply for Skilled Migrant with the job I'll then have.

I've got nothing to lose - I'm going to get my ducks in a row and apply this way with my partner and see how it goes, yay! 

Thanks again

[Chan in Wellington]

I have the same issue - been with my OH for 5 years, lived together for 2 years.  We do not have joint bank accounts, but some of his mail comes to our house here.  Hope they buy it :O

[juby]

Good luck Chan! Let me know how it goes.

What evidence did you supply?

I've read that you need to show 6 or 7 different forms of proof, I'm looking for some creative ideas 

[Chan in Wellington]

@Juby - we have not yet submitted anything - our EOI is taking forever to go from Selected to Successful.  But we are going to have to come up with a **** load of evidence that they are asking for.... 

[juby]

Stick it out Chan, it'll be worth it in the end 

Are you applying for PR via the partner route? I'm only applying for a years work permit via my partner. Once I'm in NZ, I'll either apply for PR via skilled migrant route, or wait until we've lived together for at least 6 months and then apply for PR via partner route.

[Chan in Wellington]

@Juby - PR via skilled worker with my OH....it's such a looonnnggg wait!

[juby]

oh man, the 4 days it took for me to receive my UK work permit was bad enough, I can't imagine waiting months!! 

(what I can imagine is how amazing it's going to feel when you get it...   )