Checklist · Immigration & Migration Law
Partner visa relationship evidence index (spouse and de facto)
An index of relationship evidence for a subclass 820 application, arranged under the financial, household, social and commitment matters in regulations 1.15A and 1.09A.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Australia
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the 3 authorities it cites, for Australia.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when collecting documents for an onshore partner visa (subclass 820). It indexes evidence. It does not draft a statutory declaration or a Form 888.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may sort documents the client has already provided into the four categories; the practitioner decides what is lodged, and no declaration or witness statement is generated.
AI may
- Sort existing documents into the financial, household, social and commitment categories in regulations 1.15A and 1.09A
- Flag a de facto application that may not show 12 months immediately before lodgement, and list the exceptions the subclass 820 page states
- Flag whether the applicant holds a substantive visa, because the two-declaration rule on that page is stated for applicants who do not
AI must not
- Must not draft a statutory declaration, a Form 888, or any witness statement
- Must not invent dates of cohabitation, joint finances, or social activities
- Must not state the criteria for the family-violence provisions; the subclass 820 page links to them and those criteria were not set out here
The lawyer checks
- Spouse evidence is indexed against reg 1.15A and de facto evidence against reg 1.09A
- The 12-month de facto period, or an exception the subclass 820 page actually states, is identified
- If the applicant does not hold a substantive visa, the two statutory declarations are the witnesses' own documents on the Commonwealth form, made within the last six weeks, and Form 888 is not used in their place
- The sponsor is the partner, has been approved, and the two-year limit on changing sponsor is understood
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