So nice to know!! first of all i would like to welcome you in this forum im sure you can make a lot of nice friends here,FYI we have the same relationship i just applied for a tourist visa while ago but i was refused so now we are planning to form a civil partnership for an option, could you be kind enough to share how did you make it?,how did you start the application?.it would be very much help on us to start our application and it would be very much appreciated..Thank you so much in advance..