Help PLEASE:)

[Regan L 1]

Ok me and my wife married in the Philippines and then after a couple of months i came back to the US and started filing paperwork for her visa during the time b4 i left i got her pregnant, she recently just gave birth to our babygirl<3 In December she finally has her visa interview. She applied for a passport but they would not give her one since she was married to me and had not yet attended a CFO seminar in Manila.(this was while she was still pregnant) She got a doctors note and they agreed to give her her passport early as she was pregnant and her doctor did not want her to travel. So when she passes her interview, can she just go to the CFO seminar really quick and attend the seminar then be set to leave to come to america? Where is this seminar, and do you need an appointment?

[Jenril F2A spouse 1]

Ok me and my wife married in the Philippines and then after a couple of months i came back to the US and started filing paperwork for her visa during the time b4 i left i got her pregnant, she recently just gave birth to our babygirl<3 In December she finally has her visa interview. She applied for a passport but they would not give her one since she was married to me and had not yet attended a CFO seminar in Manila.(this was while she was still pregnant) She got a doctors note and they agreed to give her her passport early as she was pregnant and her doctor did not want her to travel. So when she passes her interview, can she just go to the CFO seminar really quick and attend the seminar then be set to leave to come to america? Where is this seminar, and do you need an appointment?

http://www.cfo.gov.ph/= seminar and counselling goodluck

Edited November 10, 2012 by Jenril F2A spouse

[Ryan H 3,810]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to Philippines regional forum; topic is about the CFO seminar which is a country specific issue.

Edited November 11, 2012 by Ryan H

[Hank_ 9,174]

Your wife can complete CFO all in one day and get her sticker.

CFO:

ALL exiting required to attend. There have been changes regarding CFO so for sure read through their website.

Update: Please check the schedule of the counseling session before proceeding to CFO because it is country-specific and the slots are limited only to 15 per session (exception: Tuesday & Thursday mornings there are 30 slots). It is on a first-come-first-serve basis.

CFO Online Registration Form: http://www.cfo.gov.p...trationform.pdf Complete this and print a couple copies to bring to the CFO seminar, it will save you time.

http://www.philembas...w_gcp_flyer.pdf

http://www.cfo.gov.p...onals&catid=140

Required documents & "OTHER DOCUMENTS" they ask for at CFO: copies of; marriage certificate, CEMAR, certified birth certificate, bio page of passport, visa page from passport, pictures together. From USC - bio page of passport, birth certificate, divorce decree (if been married before) are the most common requests. The "other documents" clause can be ANYTHING with those nit-wits at CFO.

** From the Family Code of the Philippines: it's 21-25 years old for advice and 18-21 years old for consent. (Some are posted on VJ that they were not asked for this, yet others have been asked, so be prepared)

Art. 14. In case either or both of the contracting parties, not having been emancipated by a previous marriage, are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, they shall, in addition to the requirements of the preceding articles, exhibit to the local civil registrar, the consent to their marriage of their father, mother, surviving parent or guardian, or persons having legal charge of them, in the order mentioned. Such consent shall be manifested in writing by the interested party, who personally appears before the proper local civil registrar, or in the form of an affidavit made in the presence of two witnesses and attested before any official authorized by law to administer oaths. The personal manifestation shall be recorded in both applications for marriage license, and the affidavit, if one is executed instead, shall be attached to said applications. (61a)

Art. 15. Any contracting party between the age of twenty-one and twenty-five shall be obliged to ask their parents or guardian for advice upon the intended marriage. If they do not obtain such advice, or if it be unfavorable, the marriage license shall not be issued till after three months following the completion of the publication of the application therefor.A sworn statement by the contracting parties to the effect that such advice has been sought,together with the written advice given, if any, shall be attached to the application for marriage license. Should the parents or guardian refuse to give any advice, this fact shall be stated in the sworn statement.

Edited November 11, 2012 by Hank_

[jameugiekaxavilon 25]

Your wife can complete CFO all in one day and get her sticker.

CFO:

ALL exiting required to attend. There have been changes regarding CFO so for sure read through their website.

Update: Please check the schedule of the counseling session before proceeding to CFO because it is country-specific and the slots are limited only to 15 per session (exception: Tuesday & Thursday mornings there are 30 slots). It is on a first-come-first-serve basis.

CFO Online Registration Form: http://www.cfo.gov.p...trationform.pdf Complete this and print a couple copies to bring to the CFO seminar, it will save you time.

http://www.philembas...w_gcp_flyer.pdf

http://www.cfo.gov.p...onals&catid=140

Required documents & "OTHER DOCUMENTS" they ask for at CFO: copies of; marriage certificate, CEMAR, certified birth certificate, bio page of passport, visa page from passport, pictures together. From USC - bio page of passport, birth certificate, divorce decree (if been married before) are the most common requests. The "other documents" clause can be ANYTHING with those nit-wits at CFO.

** From the Family Code of the Philippines: it's 21-25 years old for advice and 18-21 years old for consent. (Some are posted on VJ that they were not asked for this, yet others have been asked, so be prepared)

Art. 14. In case either or both of the contracting parties, not having been emancipated by a previous marriage, are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, they shall, in addition to the requirements of the preceding articles, exhibit to the local civil registrar, the consent to their marriage of their father, mother, surviving parent or guardian, or persons having legal charge of them, in the order mentioned. Such consent shall be manifested in writing by the interested party, who personally appears before the proper local civil registrar, or in the form of an affidavit made in the presence of two witnesses and attested before any official authorized by law to administer oaths. The personal manifestation shall be recorded in both applications for marriage license, and the affidavit, if one is executed instead, shall be attached to said applications. (61a)

Art. 15. Any contracting party between the age of twenty-one and twenty-five shall be obliged to ask their parents or guardian for advice upon the intended marriage. If they do not obtain such advice, or if it be unfavorable, the marriage license shall not be issued till after three months following the completion of the publication of the application therefor.A sworn statement by the contracting parties to the effect that such advice has been sought,together with the written advice given, if any, shall be attached to the application for marriage license. Should the parents or guardian refuse to give any advice, this fact shall be stated in the sworn statement.

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[Darnell 8,478]

baby is born? don't forget CRBA and USA Passport.

Good Luck !