Successful CFO in Manila!

[Mrs.Presson 16]

You need to do CFO to get a passport if I remember correctly.

AFAIK, my fiance never did a CFO before getting her passport.

Hank_ is correct. For IR1/CR1 applicants (the spouses), CFO is required for the release of passports. It was actually mentioned in the CFO Seminar we attended.

[Stevephoto 230]

Hey guys,

My wife is currently at CFO. Please send prayers her way! Thanks!

Justin

Fingers crossed!

[Stevephoto 230]

My wife just finished and passed the CFO Seminar. Praise God! Thanks for all of your help!

Congrats!

[Stevephoto 230]

Fingers crossed!

Oooops...sorry about the double post...working on a tablet with lousy wifi!

[Stevephoto 230]

Joan had her CFO seminar this morning and had no problem! She met a lady from a Facebook group that we all belong to and they both passed with no issues! Note though that they were both K-1. Joan got there at about 4:45 in the morning and Eky was already there. Joan was already number 7 in line that early! There were 16 people in the class and 10 were held for 1-1 sessions. Joan thinks that all 10 who were held were going for a spouse visa and the issues were mostly about paperwork like divorce decrees. Joan was asked for only her two IDs. Passport and postal worked. She was NOT asked for her cenomar nor her parental advice (after all that drama a month ago to get it)! They only asked Joan to see my birth certificate and only kept copies of her ID. They did not even ask for photos! BUT Joan said that it seemed to be a case by case basis for what applicants were asked for. All in all Joan seems to have had an easier time that I did sweating it out in the hotel with intermittent wifi to check Facebook updates!

I may have been mistaken...Joan had her nbi too...but passport and postal should count as government issued ids...again though the more you can bring the better! Remember that they look for different documents on a case by case basis...

[Louis and Aya 17]

Yes you need a passport for CFO for immigrants, but you also need CFO to acquire a passport, which is why I posted that info.

This is the case for IR1/CR1 perhaps, but if you are getting K1 you absolutely do not need CFO to get a passport. Aya got her passport months before she got the CFO seminar out of the way.

Hank_ is correct. For IR1/CR1 applicants (the spouses), CFO is required for the release of passports. It was actually mentioned in the CFO Seminar we attended.

[Hank_ 9,174]

True, but then she wasn't married to a foreigner at the time.

From my earlier post:

From the DFA website: (being this IS a visa forum and they are IR/CR-1)

For spouse of foreign national:

• Marriage Contract (MC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the National Statistics Office (NSO) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of MC issued by the Local Civil Registrar (LCR) and duly authenticated by NSO. Transcribed Marriage Contract from the LCR is required when entries in NSO Marriage Contract are blurred or unreadable.
• Report of Marriage duly authenticated by NSO if married abroad
• Original and photocopy of Commission of Filipino Overseas (CFO) Guidance and Counseling Certificate of Attendance (required for first time applicants or renewal of passport to be used for the first time the surname of the husband)

Edited June 14, 2013 by Hank_

[Misha♥Jeff 12]

Nice work! Is she stateside yet?

[ed007 2]

• Hi, I wonder what were the questions being asked (in case they will ask some things) during the 1 on 1 session at the CFO office?

[Memphis 26]

My hubby is a naturalized USC, I was asked:

-When did you meet

-How long do you know each other

-When did your husband went to USA

-Do you have pictures together

My 1 on 1 counselling at CFO Cebu lasted for 2-3 minutes only as compared to those who were fiancees and spouses of foreign nationals. Some lasted for 10,15 or worst 30-45 minutes..

For Fil-Am couples: during my session some of my group mates shared the ffg questions

-When did you meet

-Why did you both decide to get married

-How often do you communicate

-Asked about divorce and annulment decree

• Hi, I wonder what were the questions being asked (in case they will ask some things) during the 1 on 1 session at the CFO office?

Edited June 14, 2013 by Memphis

[ed007 2]

thank you for the immediate response. i have another question though, what documents did you show during the 1 on 1 session with the counselor?

My hubby is a naturalized USC, I was asked:

-When did you meet

-How long do you know each other

-When did your husband went to USA

-Do you have pictures together

My 1 on 1 counselling at CFO Cebu lasted for 2-3 minutes only as compared to those who were fiancees and spouses of foreign nationals. Some lasted for 10,15 or worst 30-45 minutes..

For Fil-Am couples: during my session some of my group mates shared the ffg questions

-When did you meet

-Why did you both decide to get married

-How often do you communicate

-Asked about divorce and annulment decree

[Memphis 26]

I was not asked any additional documents because my husband is a Filipino but was naturalized USC last year, the only thing that she asked to see were the pictures of us together. I answered her questions very briefly with just 2-3 words and no further explanations because I was in a hurry..

Some of my group mates were asked of the content of their partner's divorce decrees..You should just be ready with all your docs because it all depends on the counselor

thank you for the immediate response. i have another question though, what documents did you show during the 1 on 1 session with the counselor?