CFO seminar for philippine passport

[stoney2010 0]

hello to all i am so agggrevated i been trying to guide my fiancee with getting her passport so i can apply for a K1 visa 2 get her with me i was told she would have to attend a seminar to get a passport that presents a major issuue she Lives in Manukan, Zamboanga Del Norte about an hour from Dipolog i have searched and searched for CFO locations in mindanao there is 0 none that i found the only ones i found is in cebu and manila which really surprises me considering mindanao is the biggest island and davao city is the biggest city but i guess its like i told myself welcome to the philippine were nothing is at a conveniance all #### backwords if anyone has some info that could help it would be greatly appreciated i was also told some have got by without seminar but i also know if caught doing that the person can be banned from getting a passport

[070809 0]

If I understood it correctly she doesn't have a passport yet and will be applying for one. If I'm correct then she needs to go through Department of Foreign Affair's (DFA) Regional Offices in Mindanao. Mine took a month before I got it but I do live here in the Manila area.

Here's a good news..

You can actually file a K1/I-129F Petition WITHOUT her passport as it's not a requirement in filing the petition. The checklist is in here. Do it already since there's too many work in gathering evidences and there is an average timeframe of 3 months before getting your NOA2/Approval of Petition.

Now the CFO sticker is ONLY needed when you already have an approved visa (meaning she was approved on the US Embassy interview) and that she's about to leave already. In my opinion since most (if not all) of the Embassies here in the Philippines are located in the Metro Manila area and one of the international airport too, it's more reasonable to put CFO offices here.

Hope that helps

[jean♥bill 2]

Agree with 070809. CFO is only needed when your fiancee is approved for her visa and is planning to leave the country. Since she'll have to do a medical exam (only at SLMC in Manila) at least a week before the interview (also only in Manila) she'll have plenty of time to attend the seminar before the interview. This is assuming she will stay in Manila between medical and interview time and not travel back and forth. The only problem is that she will have to return to Manila or Cebu to get the CFO sticker placed in her visa once she physically has the visa, which could be days to several weeks after the interview. She will not be allowed the to leave the Philippines with her visa without the CFO stamp in it.

As for the passport, CFO seminar and stamp is not needed at all.

Good luck!

Edited July 10, 2010 by jean♥bill

[Fudpukker 18]

This CFO thing is a waste of time and money if you ask me, it is more of a inconvenience.

[Filipinawife0210 15]

Here's a good news..

You can actually file a K1/I-129F Petition WITHOUT her passport as it's not a requirement in filing the petition.

A passport isn't required for the petition phase, but will be required for the Visa application phase/interview.

[Puppy eyes 0]

hello to all i am so agggrevated i been trying to guide my fiancee with getting her passport so i can apply for a K1 visa 2 get her with me i was told she would have to attend a seminar to get a passport that presents a major issuue she Lives in Manukan, Zamboanga Del Norte about an hour from Dipolog i have searched and searched for CFO locations in mindanao there is 0 none that i found the only ones i found is in cebu and manila which really surprises me considering mindanao is the biggest island and davao city is the biggest city but i guess its like i told myself welcome to the philippine were nothing is at a conveniance all #### backwords if anyone has some info that could help it would be greatly appreciated i was also told some have got by without seminar but i also know if caught doing that the person can be banned from getting a passport

my girl lives 3 hours away from dipolog, and she was having to go and wait in a whole bunch of offices just to get a paper to give and get to the other office, online i was able to get her cenomar, and many other doc thru the nso site, you pay online and she gets it there.there are things they call MOBILE DFA's she was able to get to one in Dipolog, so u may want to check with dfa site where are there neareast dfa for her soon, we got all her paperwork and passport while we waited for NO2

[jonlhyn 0]

embassy said i passed i just need police report from japan ..i gave it to them last tuesday how long till i get my visa now its been 7 days already thanks