2. The appellant explained that he and the main applicant have been together for eight years but is not married because marriage in Taiwan is a major event and is not to be taken lightly. AAT believes that the two people living with their parents during the de-facto period in Taiwan did not show a strong long-term relationship commitment based on the two people’s sharing of family responsibilities (the two are just sharing the room without excessive sharing responsibilities and obligations), this is more like a relationship between boy and girlfriends rather than a de-facto relationship defined by Australian Immigration law.