---
title: "Partner visa relationship evidence index (spouse and de facto)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/partner-relationship-evidence-index"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a30-partner-relationship-evidence-index"
area_id: "A30"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A30-T1-R5"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/partner-relationship-evidence-index  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Immigration & Migration Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 3 authorities it cites, for Australia.

## 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

- [Build a partner-visa relationship-evidence index](https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/build-a-partner-visa-relationship-evidence-index.md)

## 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

## Authorities

- [Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) reg 1.15A (spouse: the Minister must consider financial, household, social and commitment matters for partner visa classes BC, UF, BS and UK)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_reg/mr1994227/s1.15a.html)
- [Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) reg 1.09A (de facto partner: the same four matters for those four visa classes; note points to reg 2.03A)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_reg/mr1994227/s1.09a.html)
- [Department of Home Affairs, Partner visa (temporary) subclass 820 (relationship evidence, 12-month de facto period, sponsor, and statutory declarations where there is no substantive visa)](https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/partner-onshore/temporary-820)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/partner-relationship-evidence-index and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*