confuse about PDOS and CFO

[angela920 0]

hello everyone! I just want to ask if I can do the CFO before my interview? Isn't PDOS and CFO the same? Please enlighten me because I'm confused about the two. Thanks!

[phlover 0]

hello everyone! I just want to ask if I can do the CFO before my interview? Isn't PDOS and CFO the same? Please enlighten me because I'm confused about the two. Thanks!

I do not know anything about PDO but my GF went to her CFO months ago and we do not have NOA #2 yet. However I believe that she has to get it stamped after the interview.

[spartan 2]

Filipino emigrants or those leaving the country to settle permanently abroad are required to register with the CFO. Part of its registration requirements is attendance in the Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS) to prepare them for settlement overseas.Those who are 12 years old and below are exempt from attending the PDOS.They must, however, be registered, even if by proxy. Children of emigrants, aged 13 to 19, are required to attend the Peer Counseling Program to help facilitate their adjustment to a new environment.

The nuns of St. Mary Euphrasia Foundation will be the one to do the counseling of the emigrants here in Cebu but I don't know in Manila but I think they are still the one handling it. They will discuss about the life we will be having in the country that we are going. What to do and where to ask help if you are in trouble in the country you will be staying. The do's and dont's of the an emigrant.

You will need to attend the seminar because it is a pre-requisite of each applicant. You can't travel abroad if you can't attend the seminar. The CFO will give a certificate and stamp it once you have the visa, proof that you attend the counseling and it will be attached on your passport.

Check this link: http://www.cfo.gov.ph/emig_cebu.htm

[spartan 2]

You can attend the CFO seminar before your interview or after your interview.

[Mitchamy 0]

hello everyone! I just want to ask if I can do the CFO before my interview? Isn't PDOS and CFO the same? Please enlighten me because I'm confused about the two. Thanks!

PDOS are only for FILIPINO OVERSEAS CONTRACT WORKERS.

[sunandmoon 450]

hello everyone! I just want to ask if I can do the CFO before my interview? Isn't PDOS and CFO the same? Please enlighten me because I'm confused about the two. Thanks!

PDOS are only for FILIPINO OVERSEAS CONTRACT WORKERS.

those who are fiance or spouse of a Foreign National will attend a Guidance and Counseling Seminar.

[bratikicks 0]

All i know PDOS is for employement that is in PEOA but CFO is for spouses,or fiance/fiancee....if were in manila u could have seminar in QUIRINO or in KATIPUNAN (GOOD SHEPHERD) since it is a requirements....

Hope this help u

bRaT...........

[bratikicks 0]

PDOS is PRE DEPARTURE ORIENTATION,POEA conducting that for employment, but we also have CFO that is for spouses,or fiance/fiancee since they also orient us about things like what to do, where to go, what number to be called incase u need help, so on and so forth.... anyway if u were in manila u could have seminar in QUIRINO or in KATIPUNAN (GOOD SHEPHERD) since it is a requirements....

Hope this help u

bRaT...........

[danver 15]

hello everyone! I just want to ask if I can do the CFO before my interview? Isn't PDOS and CFO the same? Please enlighten me because I'm confused about the two. Thanks!

PDOS are only for FILIPINO OVERSEAS CONTRACT WORKERS.

Nope, PDOS is a pre departure seminar to those who are leaving out of the country,, not only for contract workers. YES.. it is required. You have to get yiour PDOS CERTFICATE before leaving.

[Rocky_nBullwinkle 6]

hello everyone! I just want to ask if I can do the CFO before my interview? Isn't PDOS and CFO the same? Please enlighten me because I'm confused about the two. Thanks!

Before you go to the CFO (Commision on Filipinos Overseas) for your seminar for spouses and fiance(e)s of foreign nationals, and PRISM, for the fiance(e)s only, you need to have your passport with your visa attatched. By the way, make sure you know the mother's maiden name before you go. They will probably ask for that.

Edited November 14, 2008 by sonomacountygal

[laura12 0]

hello everyone! I just want to ask if I can do the CFO before my interview? Isn't PDOS and CFO the same? Please enlighten me because I'm confused about the two. Thanks!

PDOS are only for FILIPINO OVERSEAS CONTRACT WORKERS.

HI! Is it a requirement to attend the guidance counseling? Thanks..

[Manika 0]

hello everyone! I just want to ask if I can do the CFO before my interview? Isn't PDOS and CFO the same? Please enlighten me because I'm confused about the two. Thanks!

PDOS are only for FILIPINO OVERSEAS CONTRACT WORKERS.

HI! Is it a requirement to attend the guidance counseling? Thanks..

Couseling is very much required! You cant get your passport stamped with the CFO stamp if you wont attend the Couseling or seminar because the people at the CFO office will ask for the seminar certificate before putting the stamp in your passport.

Edited March 23, 2009 by Manika

[Manika 0]

hello everyone! I just want to ask if I can do the CFO before my interview? Isn't PDOS and CFO the same? Please enlighten me because I'm confused about the two. Thanks!

Hi! If you really wish to attend the CFO seminar before your interview,you can do that .After the seminar you will be given a seminar certificate. You can't get the CFO stamp yet after attending the seminar coz your Passport with your visa attached in it will be asked. You can just go back to the CFO office to get the sticker attached to your passport once you get your visa.

Goodluck!

Edited March 23, 2009 by Manika

[Eternal Love 2]

Yap, PDOS is for those Filipinos leaving the country for work.

Don't be confused also with CFO and PRISM- these are your two options on where to go and attend an hour of counseling wheteher you are a fiance or fiancee who is aboutt o leave the Philippines. However there are so many complaints about how the PRISM handles the counseling. the CFO- SAINT MARY OF EUPHRASIA FOUNDATION in Katipunan is the best. The heart of the seminar is exposing you to different situations about spousal abuses and how and what to do about it when such incidents occur to us. In the one-on-one session be sure to have all your documents esp your orig NSO birth certificate, CENOMAR, copy of your divorce paper, copy of your foreign SO if he or she divorced otherwise you will not be issued any certificate on that day. Going to CFO while waiting for the visa is okay so long it that your schedules and distance permits you to do so. GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND TO ALL WHO ARE WAITNG FOR THEIR CFO MOMENTS.

[Rocky_nBullwinkle 6]

You can attend the CFO seminar before your interview or after your interview.

She's right.