Partner's achievement

[fpvt2]

For partner's achievement, the case worker manual states that for "Evidence to support the claimed relationship", you need to provide 3 pieces of of evidence addressed to both the applicant and their partner.
The example shown was a couple who have lived together since March 2002. They should supply a piece of official document from March 2002 (like marriage certificate), 2003 and 2004.

My question is: can these 3 pieces of evidence come from the same documentation (except for the marriage certificate) ? For example, you submit marriage certificate from march 2002, then bank statements from 2003 and 2004 ?
Or, do these 3 pieces of evidence need to be different documents from different year (2002,2003 and 2004) ?

The manual also says that if you do not have sufficient jointly addressed correspondence, you can submit 4 pieces of evidence in a combination of some addressed to the applicant, and some addressed to the partner.
Again, my question is can these 4 pieces of evidence come from the same documentation in 2002,2003 and 2004 or does it need to be different documents in 2002,2003 and 2004 ?

Thanks

Thank you very much.

[Markie]

fvt,

you can either use the same documentation for the given period 2002, 2003 and 2004 or different documents pertaining to you and your spouse for the period.

Just make sure you have sufficient docs to prove your relationship. Suggest to even extend your coverage period, say if the period is 2002-2004, provide documentation say 2001-2005, that way the caseworker will have no doubts about your relationship.

[fpvt2]

Thanks.
Please let me know if I understand it correctly.
1. So, I can submit my marriage certificate even though it is older than 2 years ago, right ?
2. If birth certificate of our child has our address (even though we have moved from that address), I can submit that also, right ?
3. For the 3rd document I can submit bank statements from each year (say 2002 - 2004).
4. Plus, if we have phone bills, electricity bills, gas bills, credit card bills addressed to both of us, we can submit that also.

Do I understand it correctly ?
Thanks.

[MWazir]

Yes that is correct. Please note however that this should cover atleast a minimum period of 2 years with either or both your names on the documents. A list of such documents that can be used has been listed in the guidelines document. This is not an exhaustive list, but it should give you an idea about the kind of documents you can submit.

• telephone bills or statements
• gas bills or statements
• electricity bills or statements
• water rates
• council tax
• local social services department
• local health authority
• government department
• bank or building society
• credit card statements
• insurance certificates complete
• mortgage statements or
• tenancy agreement