29/04/2026
De Facto Relationships and Registered Relationships. NOT simple!
Can you get an Australian Partner Visa from the Philippines simply by getting a Registered Relationship Certificate? No you may not!
Want to bring your wife, husband, partner, girlfriend, boyfriend or child to Australia from the Philippines, China, Thailand, Vietnam or Cambodia? Get a FREE VISA ASSESSMENT from Down Under Visa today by clicking the link in the description and spending five minutes only.
We get a lot of our free online visa assessments from couples who don’t want to marry. They do a bit of research (usually Facebook groups) and decide to get a Registered Relationship Certificate from Births, Deaths and Marriages and to apply as a de facto couple.
A de facto relationship means that you lead a shared life together. You share a household and you share your lives. Having spent two weeks in hotels and resorts doesn’t even come close. Even married couples must prove that they lead a shared life!
To be in a de facto relationship that the Department will recognise, you need to “set up house together” and start living together as a committed couple. Do the shopping together. Do the housework. Pay the bills from joint bank accounts. Think and act in terms of “us” and “our” rather than his and hers. It should be for 12 months. A Registered Relationship? It allows you to shorten that time to around 6 months, but it’s not the “only thing you need”.
They don’t grant partner visas on the strength of you intending to commit your lives to one another. They won’t let your partner settle permanently in Australia on a promise. They need to see that you are actually doing it, and doing it for a reasonable length of time.
We will assess your case and tell you honestly and often bluntly whether you qualify. There are no “yes-men” or visa shop sales staff here! Only one very honest and ethical migration agent who will not help you to waste your time……and who has some great ways to help you to build that relationship which will work.
Free assessment from the link in the description.
Down Under Visa are THE Registered Migration Agents in South East Asia who specialise in visas for loving couples who want to be together! No work visas. No student visas. No investment visas.
Just Australian Partner Visas and Australian Tourist Visas for couples from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia who can’t stand being apart. Also Prospective Marriage Visas, Child Visas and Citizenship applications.
More information on the Down Under Visa website.
Jeff Harvie
Registered Migration Agent (MARN 0959797)
De Facto Relationships and Registered Relationships for Australian Partner Visas. NOT simple!