COF Seminar before departure

[john1128 1]

So I learned that my wife IR1 needs to do the COF seminar and get the sticker on her visa before leaving Philippines. Now my question is, how bout our children 5 and 6 yrs old do they also need to attend any of that? Or do they need to be with their mom on the Fiance/Spouse seminar altogether? Also what are the fees? Are they done at the same building both the seminar and sticker issue??

[sunandmoon 450]

the children will not attend a seminar, but they will need to be registered with CFO and have the sticker in their passports.

http://www.cfo.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1347:for-filipinos-leaving-the-country-with-an-immigrant-visa&catid=139

[john1128 1]

Do they need to be physically present for the sticker issuance at the COF?

[john1128 1]

Oh ok I read the link you provided thanks a lot.

But does anyone know if the seminar and sticker issuance is on the same building/area?

[Tahoma 2,292]

Oh ok I read the link you provided thanks a lot.

But does anyone know if the seminar and sticker issuance is on the same building/area?

If she has her visa already, she can attend the seminar and get the sticker at the same time/same place if she goes to St. Marys in Quezon City. If she attends the seminar at PRISM after she has her visa, she can get her sticker at the CFO main office. The sticker is also available at NAIA, but call them in advance to make sure someone will be in the office at the time you will be there.

If she attends the seminar before she has her visa, she can go to the CFO main office or to St. Marys to get the sticker after she has her visa.

[easyriders2011 14]

Your wife can attend the seminar prior to getting her visa. In order for her to obtain the CFO sticker in her passport she needs to have her visa.

But in many cases it is highly recommended that your wife get her passport in her married name and that requires the GCCertificate that she gets after attending the seminar at PRISM or St. Mary's (Go to PRISM if at all possible, St. Mary's has a bad reputation and they gave my wife a lot of grief and they were trying to dissuade the girls from marrying foreigners and my wife especially since i was divorced prior). Once she completed the Seminar she will get a certificate of attendance which she will take to the CFO office and she will get the GCC.

Once she has the GCC she can go to the DFA passport office and get the new passport issued in her married name.

Once your wife completes her embassy interview, and she gets her visa she can go back to the CFO office and get the sticker affixed to her passport and she is good to fly to the US.