Miss M from Guangdong met her boyfriend Mr. C through a friend’s party. Mr. C is an Australian-born citizen. Mr. C is 10 years older than Miss M, but the age gap did not stop them from falling in love. Mr. C is polite and very gentleman, very good at taking care of others. Miss M is also knowledgeable, and the relationship between the two is genuine. After keeping De facto relationship for two years, Miss M’s student visa was about to expire, and she had to go back to her home country. They did not want to have a long-distance relationship, so Mr. C offered to sponsor his girlfriend to apply for partner visa.
The following is the timeline from when they fell in love to submit an application for reference for friends who prepared for onshore partner visa. A long-term, genuine and true relationship has always been the focus of the case officer:
November 2015: acquaintance
September 2017: Submit an onshore partner visa application
March 2018: request documents (required to provide proof of the relationship between the two for the past six months)
August 2018: Obtained 820 temporary residence visa
May 2019: Request to submit 801 permanent residence visa
April 2020: Acquired permanent residence
