costs of a civil

[dawgofwar71 0]

hello fellow VJ'ers . i have a simple Question. can anyone tell the the total costs of a civil wedding in Manila? the cost of the paper work in the embassy as well at the town hall?

p.s . i tried doing a search and i did not find an exact cost..

[YuAndDan 153]

Good question for the "Regional Forum" http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showforum=129

Also: if considering K-3, do the CR-1 visa you will be much more happy for it because of the INSTANT GREEN-CARD.

For the most part CR-1 tends to take a bit longer than K-3 to get if you prepare for NVC when they request I-864 fee, and Visa fee, as well as documents requested by NVC. In many cases the CR-1 petition reaches the consulate just before K-3 interview, which causes K-3 to get dropped and the interview becomes a CR-1 visa interview.

K-3:

I-130: $355

I-129F: NONE

Consulate: $131

AOS: $1010

($1496)

CR-1

I-130: $355

NVC I-864: $70

NVC Visa fee: $400 ($355+$45)

($825)

I see many posts from K-3 holders stating, "Wow this sucks, I am stuck at home because I don't have EAD, DL, etc, or I am having hard time getting added to bank accounts because of NO SSN." K-3 has a 90 day or longer period of limbo while waiting for EAD or Green-card.

K-3 was developed at a time when CR-1 was taking much longer that today, NVC has greatly streamlined the CR-1 process to the point where K-3 becomes irrelevant.

Edited November 10, 2008 by YuAndDan

[HappyDancer 7]

Civil wedding ceremony would be somewhere around 3-5kPHP... Considering you get things done legally and no red tape fees and graft.

[dawgofwar71 0]

Civil wedding ceremony would be somewhere around 3-5kPHP... Considering you get things done legally and no red tape fees and graft.

salamat po, happydancer. does this cover everything? the embassy as well as the town hall paperwork?

[HappyDancer 7]

Nope. That is just the town hall. Where are you in Manila? with the embassy, you just need to inform them that you want to get married. They will have your fiance sign some paperworks. When that is done, he should now be able to go get the details of getting a marriage license at the city hall.

Here's a link that might help.

http://weddingsatwork.com/2008beta/wp-cont...%3A11&hl=en

Hope this helps! Take care!

[dawgofwar71 0]

salamat po HappyDancer