When married/wife's name change on Philippine passport/CFO Stamp

[RickJovi 81]

I would like to know anyone who after married their wife in the US did a name change on their wife's Philippine passport. How did the CFO Stamp get handled. Did they just change the biographic page to her new name or issue a completely new passport. Is the CFO stamp required if she has her GC but still uses her Philippine passport for travel to the Philippines. Thanks.

[Sweetheart75 0]

if your wife's passport is for renewal they will issue a new one, in order to used her married name she needs to go CFO seminar she will use that for renewing her passport,it's a 1 day seminar then she will have her certificates.

[kev_n_jena 89]

  On 6/8/2012 at 2:06 AM, RickJovi said:

I would like to know anyone who after married their wife in the US did a name change on their wife's Philippine passport. How did the CFO Stamp get handled. Did they just change the biographic page to her new name or issue a completely new passport. Is the CFO stamp required if she has her GC but still uses her Philippine passport for travel to the Philippines. Thanks.

Jena didn't have her passport changed to her married name until right before we traveled back to the Philippines. We registered our marriage with the Philippine embassy first and then she got a new passport with her married name. She didn't need to do anything with the CFO. They will ask why you didn't register your marriage sooner if you wait but we just said we didn't know we needed to.

[Caryh 5,206]

She needs to register the marriage before she can change her name on her passport. It can be done at the same time, but its a separate form and fee. My wife and I registered our marriage through the mail with our local consulate. The passport renewal has to be completed in person, and our local consulate is an eight hour drive away, so we haven't done that part yet. They do have outreach programs where they go to different cities. You can preregister to get a changed or renewed passport at those events, and we're planning on attending one of those in our city this summer. Our local consulate is the Chicago consulate, and getting information from their web site is a bit strange. There are two web sites, one is the unified and newer, the other is older but has the newer information on what cities they're visiting. If you're not close to your local, I'd give them a call and see if they have a similar situation.

[Hank_ 9,174]

  On 6/8/2012 at 3:14 AM, Sweetheart75 said:

if your wife's passport is for renewal they will issue a new one, in order to used her married name she needs to go CFO seminar she will use that for renewing her passport,it's a 1 day seminar then she will have her certificates.

They are K-1 so he is referring to AFTER his fiancee/wife is stateside (already did the CFO and has the sticker in her OLD passport). No need for CFO ... ever again.

[Hank_ 9,174]

  On 6/8/2012 at 2:06 AM, RickJovi said:

I would like to know anyone who after married their wife in the US did a name change on their wife's Philippine passport. How did the CFO Stamp get handled. Did they just change the biographic page to her new name or issue a completely new passport. Is the CFO stamp required if she has her GC but still uses her Philippine passport for travel to the Philippines. Thanks.

No need for the CFO sticker anymore, once she has her GC that will be all that is needed with the passport to exit the Philippines when she travels back.

[Sweetheart75 0]

  On 6/8/2012 at 1:08 PM, Hank_Amy said:

They are K-1 so he is referring to AFTER his fiancee/wife is stateside (already did the CFO and has the sticker in her OLD passport). No need for CFO ... ever again.

lol i misread it ill stand corrected