eclaire73 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:40 am
Hi
I live in Malaysia (British Citizen working abroad) and I have been living with my partner for 6 years, he is Malaysian. We would like to return to the UK together in the near future. I started the application process but got stuck as the family visa only has the option to be married or in a civil partnership. If I chose civil partnership it requires dates, places,
etc of when the 'marriage' took place. I cannot find the unmarried partner visa on the gov.uk website. Can anyone provide a link or has anyone got experience of the same issue and how it actually works. We can prove that we have been in a relationship for 8 years with phot evidence but we do not have shared anything - I own the house, we have separate bank accounts, we do not have joint names for utilities etc, so with regard to official documentation, I am not sure how this will go. Any advice related to this would be gratefully received. We do not want to get married per se but if we have to we would both be willing to ensure that we can have a life together in the UK but that would be a civil partnership which would take place in the UK - we would not get married here in Malaysia.
Hopefully, the information I have provided is detailed enough for someone to help us but please ask any questions if you need more info to provide help.
Thanks in advance to anyone who is willing to spend time to help us.
Unmarried partner requires strict evidence to show both of you have cohabited for 2 years so if you don't have this evidence required then its risky application!
"13. SET5.13 What types of evidence might demonstrate living together and a relationship akin to marriage / civil partnership?
The applicant must provide six pieces of correspondence addressed to him / her and their partner at the same address as evidence that they have been living together during the past 2 years. The items of correspondence should be addressed to them jointly or in both their names. If they do not have enough items in their joint names, they may also provide items addressed to each of other individually if they show the same address for both of them. The documents provided must be originals and should be spread over the whole 2 years; they should also be from at least 3 different sources. Examples of what documentation the applicant could provide are listed below:
Joint commitments, (such as joint bank accounts, investments, rent agreements, mortgage, life insurance policy naming the other partner as beneficiary etc);
Birth certificates or records of any children of the relationship, showing both partners as parents;
Any official correspondence linking both partners to the same address, for example Council Tax, utility bills, Doctors records;
Any other evidence that adequately demonstrates the couple’s long-term commitment to each other."
See
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... ners-set05My opinions should not be constituted as an immigration or legal advice.
