Hi there,
I'm currently in the process of applying for a Youth Mobility visa for the UK and had a clarification question. My partner (of 7 years) and I are both Canadian citizens - he is actually in the UK already, and has been since September 2014 on a Tier 2 visa working for the UK government whilst completing graduate studies (with an anticipated end date of Fall 2017). I just completed graduate school and am applying for the Youth Mobility visa hoping to work and live in the UK alongside him for the duration of our visas, at which point we'd likely return back to Canada (or go elsewhere).
Whilst completing the "family" section of the online application I got a little stumped. First of all, could someone clarify what "unmarried partner" means? I'm getting the sense that this is essentially the UK equivalent of what in Canada we call common-law - e.g. couple that resides together and essentially builds a 'shared economy' together, usually for at least a year - but because there wasn't any clarification provided on the application website I wanted to confirm...I've already sent 3 (!!!) e-mails simply asking for a definition of 'unmarried partner' to the UK Visa and Immigration Office and they have been completely unhelpful, unfortunately, so I'm hoping you folks might have some ideas.
To clarify: though we've been in a serious, committed relationship for 7 years, we've never lived together. For the purposes of my visa application, what does 'unmarried partner' mean? I just want to make sure I represent our relationship accurately and in accordance with the definitions that the visa office will be using.
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