@imxelyn - regarding statutory declaration by yourself and your partner, you still need to write one even if married na. We were required to pass our stat decs along with our application. Nagsulat kami about the history of our relationship and how it progressed to marriage. Tig-7 pages kami ng asawa ko kasi 8years na rin kami, parang ang hirap paiksiin ng history namin. hehe..Wala namang prescribed format..we just typed them up sa MS Word..and we made sure that all important dates were included. Anyway, yung evidences that we provided connected sa statement namin and nagfocus kami sa categories below.
here are 4 broad categories of evidence that you need to provide:
• fi nancial aspects;
• the nature of the household;
• social context of the relationship; and
• the nature of your commitment to each other.
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/booklets/1127.pdf
I also got 2 Stat decs from my sisters who are not Aus. citizens or PR. Ginaya lang namin yung questions from Form 888. Nagsubmit rin kami ng 3 Stat. decs from Aus. citizens.
Regarding the salary, there is no prescribed amount or income, but it is important that you have a job because you'll be acting as the sponsor for your partner. My husband submitted his group certs. along with some payslips and cert. of employment from his current work. Have all these docs notarized by a JP.
Were you able to submit your application na po ba? 🙂 Good luck!