CFO

[Novette 0]

Hi is a CFO required for philippine immigration ?? I have read it is but have not seen anything official.

And if so can you go before your interview..

Thanks Brett

Edited November 13, 2006 by Novette

[garya505 2]

Hi is a CFO required for philippine immigration ?? I have read it is but have not seen anything official.

And if so can you go before your interview..

Thanks Brett

Yes and yes.

Keep in mind that they will take the beneficiary's passport at the Exam at SLEC and you won't get it back until the VISA is issued, so doing the CFO between Exam and Interview can be tricky but we've heard it can be done with enough other IDs. Also keep in mind that if you do the CFO before the VISA is obtained you will need to return to CFO for the passport/VISA stamp. So, the easist way is probably to do it before the Exam or after the VISA is obtained.

Edited November 13, 2006 by garya505

[griffin 7]

http://www.cfo.gov.ph/

[Dean iWait 0]

Hi is a CFO required for philippine immigration ?? I have read it is but have not seen anything official.

And if so can you go before your interview..

Thanks Brett

Yes and No. CFO is actually 2 parts. The first is the CFO seminar. She can go to the seminar anytime. The 2nd part is the CFO stamp, she will need to go back to CFO once she has visa in hand to get the stamp.

[Jasman0717 9]

Claudeth took her CFO class the day before she left to come here. She took it in Cebu and was very convenient for her, close to the hotel and all.

[Ken_Maria 0]

Hi is a CFO required for philippine immigration ?? I have read it is but have not seen anything official.

And if so can you go before your interview..

Thanks Brett

This may help AsawaExperience, I am still trying to figure out the CFO timing? Why do you have to wait until after the interview if the CFO will give you stamp based on your visa interview appointment? Ken

[Dean iWait 0]

Hi is a CFO required for philippine immigration ?? I have read it is but have not seen anything official.

And if so can you go before your interview..

Thanks Brett

This may help AsawaExperience, I am still trying to figure out the CFO timing? Why do you have to wait until after the interview if the CFO will give you stamp based on your visa interview appointment? Ken

They won't give you the stamp until you have visa in hand. They will give you a certificate when you complete the seminar which you can go to at any time. You go back with your visa and certificate of completion and they will give you the CFO stamp. I don't beleive there is any reason you couldn't wait until after you get visa in hand to do both seminar and get stamp at the same time. MY fiancee lives in the provinces so she will probably do her medical and CFO in the same trip. Not sure yet though.

Edited November 14, 2006 by Dean iWait

[Ken_Maria 0]

This may help AsawaExperience, I am still trying to figure out the CFO timing? Why do you have to wait until after the interview if the CFO will give you stamp based on your visa interview appointment? Ken

They won't give you the stamp until you have visa in hand. They will give you a certificate when you complete the seminar which you can go to at any time. You go back with your visa and certificate of completion and they will give you the CFO stamp. I don't beleive there is any reason you couldn't wait until after you get visa in hand to do both seminar and get stamp at the same time. MY fiancee lives in the provinces so she will probably do her medical and CFO in the same trip. Not sure yet though.

Thanks, We have friends and family in the area so it may be better for us to just get the CFO done early then go back and get the stamp. Ken

[garya505 2]

Hi is a CFO required for philippine immigration ?? I have read it is but have not seen anything official.

And if so can you go before your interview..

Thanks Brett

Yes and No. CFO is actually 2 parts. The first is the CFO seminar. She can go to the seminar anytime. The 2nd part is the CFO stamp, she will need to go back to CFO once she has visa in hand to get the stamp.

Unless she already went to her interview and has the VISA, then she can get the stamp right away.

Hi is a CFO required for philippine immigration ?? I have read it is but have not seen anything official.

And if so can you go before your interview..

Thanks Brett

This may help AsawaExperience, I am still trying to figure out the CFO timing? Why do you have to wait until after the interview if the CFO will give you stamp based on your visa interview appointment? Ken

They won't give you the stamp until you have visa in hand. They will give you a certificate when you complete the seminar which you can go to at any time. You go back with your visa and certificate of completion and they will give you the CFO stamp. I don't beleive there is any reason you couldn't wait until after you get visa in hand to do both seminar and get stamp at the same time. MY fiancee lives in the provinces so she will probably do her medical and CFO in the same trip. Not sure yet though.

We may do the same thing. If she has time around the exam she can do it then, otherwise we can do it later. I think it's even possible to do it between exam and interview (when they are holding her passport) but I think you need a couple of picture IDs (and a small "tip" for the guard).

[macky 0]

I plan to attend the seminar and get the sticker after i get the visa,to save me time,anyway you can finish it in one day. I plan to go to Manila for seminar(in front of La salle) and get the sticker in Quirino(which is not too far).