GCP/CFO ? Need certification

[Prettyredmaple 0]

Been looking all over internet for accurate information onthe GCP class that is needed. To begin with, seems there is possibly a choice ot two classes. One for overseas workers(CFO),and one for K-1(GCP)recipients. I need the GCP certification for my fiance. She lives very far from Manila. She has already had her visa delivered to her home. At interview time they told her to look for details of the class she needs to take in her approved passport/visa packet. All she sees in the visa is a phone number in Manila that noone answers.

I see nothing at the embassy website including no viable email addresses to address this concern to. Seems it should have been taken care of when she was already in Manila, but they sent her home. Now she just needs to come go to Manila and catch her flight.

Wondering why this is such an ellusive topic and yet so necessary to complete all. Really need to get this clarified for my sweetie in Suriagao del Sur as it is time to get her ticket.

Mark

[RyRo 47]

every filipino that is bound for abroad needs to attend the CFO seminar, after she gets her visa she can just go and attend the Pre-Departure Seminar and the one on one counseling at CFO in Manila

[Hank_ 9,174]

CFO:

ALL exiting required to attend. There have been changes regarding CFO so for sure read through their website.

Update: Please check the schedule of the counseling session before proceeding to CFO because it is country-specific and the slots are limited only to 15 per session (exception: Tuesday & Thursday mornings there are 30 slots). It is on a first-come-first-serve basis.

CFO Online Registration Form: http://www.cfo.gov.ph/pdf/downloadable%20forms/registrationform.pdf Complete this and print a couple copies to bring to the CFO seminar, it will save you time.

http://www.philembassy.no/sites/default/files/downloads/new_gcp_flyer.pdf

http://www.cfo.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1348:fiancee-spouses-and-other-partners-of-foreign-nationals&catid=140

Required documents & "OTHER DOCUMENTS" they ask for at CFO: copies of; CENOMAR, certified birth certificate, bio page of passport, visa page from passport, pictures together. From USC - bio page of passport, birth certificate, divorce decree (if been married before) are the most common requests. The "other documents" clause can be ANYTHING with those nit-wits at CFO.

** From the Family Code of the Philippines: it's 21-25 years old for advice and 18-21 years old for consent. (Some are posted on VJ that they were not asked for this, yet others have been asked, so be prepared)

Art. 14. In case either or both of the contracting parties, not having been emancipated by a previous marriage, are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, they shall, in addition to the requirements of the preceding articles, exhibit to the local civil registrar, the consent to their marriage of their father, mother, surviving parent or guardian, or persons having legal charge of them, in the order mentioned. Such consent shall be manifested in writing by the interested party, who personally appears before the proper local civil registrar, or in the form of an affidavit made in the presence of two witnesses and attested before any official authorized by law to administer oaths. The personal manifestation shall be recorded in both applications for marriage license, and the affidavit, if one is executed instead, shall be attached to said applications. (61a)

Art. 15. Any contracting party between the age of twenty-one and twenty-five shall be obliged to ask their parents or guardian for advice upon the intended marriage. If they do not obtain such advice, or if it be unfavorable, the marriage license shall not be issued till after three months following the completion of the publication of the application therefor.A sworn statement by the contracting parties to the effect that such advice has been sought,together with the written advice given, if any, shall be attached to the application for marriage license. Should the parents or guardian refuse to give any advice, this fact shall be stated in the sworn statement.

[Prettyredmaple 0]

every filipino that is bound for abroad needs to attend the CFO seminar, after she gets her visa she can just go and attend the Pre-Departure Seminar and the one on one counseling at CFO in Manila

Thanks. Where/what is CFO in Manila? Thanks, again.

[Tahoma 2,292]

Thanks. Where/what is CFO in Manila? Thanks, again.

Did you browse the links Hank gave you?

[Prettyredmaple 0]

Did you browse the links Hank gave you?

Very good! Thanks!!