Philippines: CFO Online Appointment System effective May 15, 2014

[Hank_ 9,174]

Hank I think we can beat that. They give a choice in the menu that you don't have a visa. You pick that and they don't bug you for the visa number.

Candy works in Hong Kong purusant to an OFW contract. She has no choice but to quit now and fly back home because you sign up for these jobs in one year increments. While those in Phil with regular day to day jobs could go back home and squeeze a few more weeks of work out of their remaining time, Candy can't do that. Her last day of work will be Saturday May 10, and her next job will be here in New York when she gets her EAD.

So there is a choice for doing the seminar without the visa number? That is good to know. I added the info to my guide but I haven't checked out the registration setup at all... count on everyone here for updates

[Al422 221]

I'll let everyone know how it goes for us since we have no option to beat the clock.

[Jeff @ Missy 9]

The one place I don't want to see Candy wait in line is at the medical. Since they only take cash, each lady has at least $225 in her pocket. A robber going up and down the line can get a year's salary for the average Filipino in one morning.

It escapes any sensible reasoning why they don't take credit cards online for that. I would have paid it by now with my credit card if that were the case. They get paid sooner, our fiances are safer, and I sleep better. Everyone wins except the robbers.

I never saw a line for the medical, and they had security. I did not get there at some god awful hour to get my wife in but it takes 2 days so whats the hurry.

The CFO must be taking a beating, now they just need to abolish it and make everyone's life easier, or target those that are going to muslin countries that are known to abuse Filipinos

[Al422 221]

Women going to a western country are not guaranteed a good man who wil not hang them out to dry. Some of us may remember a recent thread where the OP's aunt came here on a K-1 and was indeed hung out to dry by the man who claimed to love her.

And although how to protect yourself is fairly obvious to most Filipina ladies, the ones to whom it is not obvious are the ones who need the seminar. How many of them know that if she becomes a domestic violence victim all she needs to do to get help is to dial 911 or flag down a police car? In some Moslem countries doing that will get her arrested for the crime of abandoning her husband. How many will fear doing that here, concerned that the same result awaits her?

For most of our ladies, and definitely for Candy, the seminar will not teach them anything they do not already know and will only teach them protection from the one man who they do not and never will need protection from (i.e. yours truly). But if it will save one woman from dying by making all of them go, it is worth it.

Edited May 11, 2014 by Al422

[Al422 221]

An interesting thought just hit me: When you register on the CFO website and they ask for yur visa number, is that the MNL #? Those of you who already got your visas can answer this one. Does your visa have a number other than the MNL #?

[Hank_ 9,174]

An interesting thought just hit me: When you register on the CFO website and they ask for yur visa number, is that the MNL #? Those of you who already got your visas can answer this one. Does your visa have a number other than the MNL #?

Nope, MNL# is totally different.

Edited May 13, 2014 by Hank_

[Al422 221]

OK Got it.

[Jeff @ Missy 9]

Women going to a western country are not guaranteed a good man who wil not hang them out to dry. Some of us may remember a recent thread where the OP's aunt came here on a K-1 and was indeed hung out to dry by the man who claimed to love her.

And although how to protect yourself is fairly obvious to most Filipina ladies, the ones to whom it is not obvious are the ones who need the seminar. How many of them know that if she becomes a domestic violence victim all she needs to do to get help is to dial 911 or flag down a police car? In some Moslem countries doing that will get her arrested for the crime of abandoning her husband. How many will fear doing that here, concerned that the same result awaits her?

For most of our ladies, and definitely for Candy, the seminar will not teach them anything they do not already know and will only teach them protection from the one man who they do not and never will need protection from (i.e. yours truly). But if it will save one woman from dying by making all of them go, it is worth it.

The first thing my wife got before her interview was the flyer on domestic abuse, and the interviewer told her not to worry if there is a problem and she will not lose her visa if she calls 911. What they did not tell her it can go either way, if the immigrant abuses the petitioner she will go to jail and that is a probable violation and she can be deported

[Hank_ 9,174]

That pamphlet they sell (not handout when my wife was there) at CFO is really funny as everything is so dated, as in 50+ years out of date.

[Al422 221]

Does she really have to be told that if she breaks the law in her new country she can be deported? But the other end of it I can see as there really are countries (mostly Moslem) where assaulting your wife is legal and abandoning your husband is a criminal offense. I can see the need to make sure that none of them think that is the case in the United States.

[Jeff @ Missy 9]

Does she really have to be told that if she breaks the law in her new country she can be deported? But the other end of it I can see as there really are countries (mostly Moslem) where assaulting your wife is legal and abandoning your husband is a criminal offense. I can see the need to make sure that none of them think that is the case in the United States.

The Philippines being modeled after the USA in education and government and the sheer amount of Filipinos living here is a good indication that they will be treated properly and mostly MUCH better than they would getting married and living in the PI. Yes they should but are not told about laws here that can and will get them in trouble, such as hitting a child. Trust me that there are many of them that grow up in a tough environment of abuse against them and they think that this is normal behavior and it is tolerated in the PI but pull that over here, no no no. My wife is not afraid to whack me and I have warned her about the consequences if she does, and if she is abusive to our child there will be retributions.

On the airplane trip bringing my family here there was a gentleman with his two young girls, his children whom he was bringing here to get them out of an abusive environment with their mother, they were not married and USEM gave them the get out of town visa.

The CFO booklet we got was only a few yrs old, complimentary it was and just made the whole experience of the CFO seminar much more pleasing...

[MCGCB 3]

Hi guys! Anyone here knows if it is possible to change a morning session to afternoon? I scheduled mine and it automatically placed AM session. It didnt give me choice. The appointment system is convenient but it lacks options like reschedule or what session to take. :-(

[Al422 221]

Hi guys! Anyone here knows if it is possible to change a morning session to afternoon? I scheduled mine and it automatically placed AM session. It didnt give me choice. The appointment system is convenient but it lacks options like reschedule or what session to take. :-(

I noticed the same thing, no option for PM session. We just decided to suck it up and go for the AM instead of hassling with the system, but if you find a way around it, let me know.

Could be that the system will automatically fill the AM before it goes to PM.