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Australian Spouse Visa For The Polish [13]
Hi
My Polish husband was recently granted permant residency in Australia - we applied while living in the uk, but through the immigration office in Berlin. I don't know about your eligibility to sponsor Weronika ( I am an Australian citizen) but the defacto partner visa is reasonably straight forward. The most important aspect is proving you have had a "genuine and continuing" relationship - basically that you have lived in a marriage like situation for at least a year. The more evidence you can provide the better- we had things like leases, electricity bills, invitations to weddings etc addressed to us both, holiday reservations.... Things like that.
I remember the embassy in Berlin had a different application procedure to the one in London, or even the immigration website, so read through the information and print the forms from their website. And it takes six months.
Alright, best of luck...
Dorota.