Marry in USA or Philippines?

[BRB 6]

If you love her I think most women would want to get married in their country. You do have to plan on staying in the country for two weeks as there is a 10 day waiting period and you have to go to a marriage class, get marriage lic and so on. Understand that most Filipino ladies have a very strong commitment to marriage and consider it is for life. Make sure she understands what life is like in US.

If you are both unsure how things will be with each other in the US the K1 is what you want. The K1 is not easier in my mind and there will be things you have to do when she gets here.

I did the dual route K3 and CR1 and the CR1 is easier and I ended up not going with the K3. The K3 is more expensive. My wife could of gotten her visa about 2 months sooner but when you look at what all is involved the CR1 is the one I went with. If you are going to help support her while the visa is being processed and you are married you will save a little on your taxes by being married but don't use that to make your decision.

In any case you should make a trip or two over there to help establish the relationship and decide how you both feel about spending your life together. You will need to document the trips and get to know her and her family and she will need to learn as much as possible about yours.

Edited January 5, 2010 by BRB

[KYLEandUAN 1]

Hello,

I'm eager to get my fiancée to the USA. I met her while serving overseas in the US Army. I would like to know, what would easiest/smartest/ most effective route to getting her here. I'm considering going to Philippines and marrying her there and applying for k3 visa, or just apply for k1 fiancée visa here in the USA. Im willing to do whatever is necessary. What would be the best route? Thx

hi.what visa are u filing? is it k1 or k3?

[philmae83 0]

i will go for marrying in the Philippines, and go for CR1 visa..check out my timeline

[RVIANE♛ 5]

Hello,

I'm eager to get my fiancée to the USA. I met her while serving overseas in the US Army. I would like to know, what would easiest/smartest/ most effective route to getting her here. I'm considering going to Philippines and marrying her there and applying for k3 visa, or just apply for k1 fiancée visa here in the USA. Im willing to do whatever is necessary. What would be the best route? Thx

if you're still in the ARMED FORCES marry her in the Philippines and apply for expedited and go for CR1

[fox fox 5]

personally, what's important to me is to have my fiance with me here in the US ASAP. Her being able to work right away is not my first priority. I went the route to obtain a k-1 visa and submitted my i-129f sometime in march 09. my fiance just had her embassy interview yesterday and has no doubts that she will get her visa since she went through the entire process there and paid for her passport delivery fee from the embassy to her house, which will include the visa in the passport. we were delayed because of some unbelievable rediculous process that the medical clinic performed, delayed us by 2 months.

if we weren't delayed, we believed that she could have been here just before thanksgiving.....big thanks to st.lukes medical clinic for the delay.

of all the places my fiance had to go to during this process, she says that st.luke's tops all the other places as the biggest pain in the #### for frustration.

another thanks to st.lukes.

money isnt' the most important thing to me. i have a job and i'll make more. what you can't replace is lost time not being with your fiance.

go for what's the fastest process. k-1. heck, even with the extra two month delay from st.lukes, my fiance will still be here with me in under 1 year from the start of our paperwork.

good luck and be patient.

[SuperDuper! 230]

If the marriage occurs in the Phils, and there is a divorce 3 years later, does the Kano have to also get an annument in te Phils?

I think the answer is yes. So one does have to also consider the LEGAL ramifications of WHERE one gets married.

Ya gotta be practical in ALL things.

Just sayin'!

[Pinay Wife 47]

If the marriage occurs in the Phils, and there is a divorce 3 years later, does the Kano have to also get an annument in te Phils?

I think the answer is yes. So one does have to also consider the LEGAL ramifications of WHERE one gets married.

No. The USC spouse can divorce his Filipino wife without having to go through the annulment process. The Filipino spouse, however, will need to get an annulment if she decides to marry again in the Philippines. If she remarries in another country that accepts divorce, she does not need an annulment.

Edited January 13, 2010 by Pinay Wife

[SuperDuper! 230]

No. The USC spouse can divorce his Filipino wife without having to go through the annulment process. The Filipino spouse, however, will need to get an annulment if she decides to marry again in the Philippines. If she remarries in another country that accepts divorce, she does not need an annulment.

OK, nice to get the real scoop.

[Juan de la Cruz 0]

OK, nice to get the real scoop.

Hey, Hopp, any matches from your eHarmony account?

[SuperDuper! 230]

Hey, Hopp, any matches from your eHarmony account?

eHarmony sucks, and I cant stand the frontman for it. I meet ladies at UFC matches, and offer to teach them some moves after the fight. How is your game?

[Juan de la Cruz 0]

eHarmony sucks, and I cant stand the frontman for it. I meet ladies at UFC matches, and offer to teach them some moves after the fight. How is your game?

You mean Dr. Warren. The game needs fine tuning and can’t wait till the missus comes in so we can play holes together. I’ll be scouting for babes in the desert next week at the Bob Hope Classic. This tournament is hosted by Yogi Berra and I remember Yogi saying, “Ninety percent of the putts that are short don’t go in”!

[SuperDuper! 230]

You mean Dr. Warren. The game needs fine tuning and can’t wait till the missus comes in so we can play holes together. I’ll be scouting for babes in the desert next week at the Bob Hope Classic. This tournament is hosted by Yogi Berra and I remember Yogi saying, “Ninety percent of the putts that are short don’t go in”!

Well, be sure to get some pointers from Tiger--both on his long ball, and getting it in the hole! Hey, we are talking golf here!

[Pinay Wife 47]

No. The USC spouse can divorce his Filipino wife without having to go through the annulment process . The Filipino spouse, however,will need to get an annulment if she decides to marry again in the Philippines. If she remarries in another country that accepts divorce, she does not need an annulment.

Let me correct my post. It should read:

No. The USC spouse can divorce his Filipino wife without having to go through an annulment process. If divorce is initiated by the USC, Filipino spouse is free to marry again in the PI after a petition for judicial recognition of foreign divorce is filed and granted by a Philippine court and the MC is annotated. If she remarries in another country that accepts divorce, she does not need an annulment nor a judicial recognition decree.

[marklovetina 52]

Let me correct my post. It should read:

No. The USC spouse can divorce his Filipino wife without having to go through an annulment process. If divorce is initiated by the USC, Filipino spouse is free to marry again in the PI after a petition for judicial recognition of foreign divorce is filed and granted by a Philippine court and the MC is annotated. If she remarries in another country that accepts divorce, she does not need an annulment nor a judicial recognition decree.

yeah this one is correct!!!, my X is a fil.-can. but bcoz he didnt divorce me i filed for an annulment here in Phil., and even if he divorce me in canada i need a recognition of my divorce by court here in Phil. if i will marry here again... but if i will marry in other country who accepts divorce then the divorce is fine....

[Tito Jorge 0]

If you are both unsure how things will be with each other in the US the K1 is what you want.

I would suggest that if you are unsure ... dont even bother filing for ANY visa ... you will probably save yourself a whole lot of problems down the road ...

Before you commit yourself to this be very sure this is really what you want ... and then stick it out ...

I agree with those that said forget about filing a K-3 ... waste of time and money ...

Okay all that said ...

K-1 VS CR-1

K-1 cost less initially ... and MAY be a little faster ... or maybe not faster ... processing times for K-1 and CR-1 are pretty similar thesedays ... once she arrives in the U.S. and you get married ... K-1 requires a lot more paper and costs a lot more money ...

CR-1 ... you must get married in the Philippines ... and that is not difficult ... but one problem can be the time it takes to get your marriage license ... 10 days ... if you can live with that requirement ... then it is no problem ...

With CR-1 your wife will get her green card automatically in the mail about 2 weeks after she arrives ... and she will also get her Social Security card in the mail automatically about a week after she has her green card ... once she has both of these cards she can work ... not so with a K-1 ... requires filing AOS ($1,010 USD) and a trip to the Social Security office to apply for a Social Security card ... AFTER the AOS is processed ... if you apply for EAD she can work while she waits for the AOS to process ... EAD costs about $340 USD ...

My advice ... get married in the Philippines ... file for CR-1 ...

-- George