The K-1 Visa brakes were slammed on us

[Paul+Leticia 1]

Fiancee went to interview with daughter on June 7. Everything went well until daughters birth certificate showed a date of marriage entered by father when child was born. It was signed by father. Fiancee showed her CENOMAR showing she was never married. Filipino intervewer along with American asked her to get a CENOMAR for father and that amendmant was required on birth certificate. Fiancee got childs fathers CENOMAR same day and hand carried it to embassy. Amendmant we found out costs 600 dollars and 90 days to process! In 30 days she will return to go before the Trial Court judge for amendmant then it will post in local paper. after about 2 more months it will be processed and sent to Fiancee. My question is if the CENOMAR is the accepted document in PH showing proof of marriage or no marriage why are we going through the amendmant process Fiasco? I have emailed Consulate with my concern hoping to hear from them soon. We feel like we have almost reached the finish line of a marathon then they moved the finish line 5 miles out!

[StraightShooter 62]

Oh man, that stinks! I sure hope that they get it resolved quickly for you.

[Caryh 5,206]

Now that has got to hurt, I'm so sorry for you. I'm fairly sure the issue is the Birth Certificate is wrong, and as its wrong, its not legitimate. Unfortunately they do not have an easy system to fix such errors there. Some things work easy in the Philippines, others are seem just impossibly hard and silly.

[Cathi 5,696]

Sorry for your troubles. The bright side is at least it was found now, instead of perhaps after everyone was here in the US. Although it will delay your case, it is an easier fix from there than it ever would be from here in the US. Good luck!!

[Paul+Leticia 1]

Fiancee went to interview with daughter on June 7. Everything went well until daughters birth certificate showed a date of marriage entered by father when child was born. It was signed by father. Fiancee showed her CENOMAR showing she was never married. Filipino intervewer along with American asked her to get a CENOMAR for father and that amendmant was required on birth certificate. Fiancee got childs fathers CENOMAR same day and hand carried it to embassy. Amendmant we found out costs 600 dollars and 90 days to process! In 30 days she will return to go before the Trial Court judge for amendmant then it will post in local paper. after about 2 more months it will be processed and sent to Fiancee. My question is if the CENOMAR is the accepted document in PH showing proof of marriage or no marriage why are we going through the amendmant process Fiasco? I have emailed Consulate with my concern hoping to hear from them soon. We feel like we have almost reached the finish line of a marathon then they moved the finish line 5 miles out!

[Paul+Leticia 1]

Thanks for well wishes and sharing in our pain. when Life gives you lemons, make lemonade I guess! Yes, the good thing is we found out now with mom there was a problem as we originally were going to send for daughter later which would have been much worse filing the amendment. Thanks again and Good luck on your visa journey!