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My wife is now in the US and we want want to work on her Divorce Recognition in the Philippines. One of the documents we need is a Certified copy of the foreign country’s divorce law. My wife was married and divorced in Singapore. We have been unsuccessful in finding the country's divorce law. We asked family court where the divorce took place and they had no idea what we needed. Has anyone here gone through the Divorce Recognition process in the Philippines and could offer advice on how to get a foreign country's divorce law?

 

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1 hour ago, Jon&Anna said:

My wife is now in the US and we want want to work on her Divorce Recognition in the Philippines. One of the documents we need is a Certified copy of the foreign country’s divorce law. My wife was married and divorced in Singapore. We have been unsuccessful in finding the country's divorce law. We asked family court where the divorce took place and they had no idea what we needed. Has anyone here gone through the Divorce Recognition process in the Philippines and could offer advice on how to get a foreign country's divorce law?

 

Thanks!

https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Index

 

This is a link to Singapore Statutes Online

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1 hour ago, Jon&Anna said:

My wife is now in the US and we want want to work on her Divorce Recognition in the Philippines. One of the documents we need is a Certified copy of the foreign country’s divorce law. My wife was married and divorced in Singapore. We have been unsuccessful in finding the country's divorce law. We asked family court where the divorce took place and they had no idea what we needed. Has anyone here gone through the Divorce Recognition process in the Philippines and could offer advice on how to get a foreign country's divorce law?

 

Thanks!

Why do you want information on Singapore divorce laws?

 

What you most likely need for the divorce recognition is the original/certified copy of the divorce decree (with an English translation).  The divorce needs to have been initiated by the foreign spouse to even consider the recognition process.

 

https://lawyerphilippines.org/2017/04/11/recognition-of-foreign-divorce-in-the-philippines-process/

 

http://www.philstar.com/freeman-opinion/2015/04/23/1446966/recognition-foreign-divorce-decree-philippine-courts-1

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14 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

Why do you want information on Singapore divorce laws?

 

What you most likely need for the divorce recognition is the original/certified copy of the divorce decree (with an English translation).  The divorce needs to have been initiated by the foreign spouse to even consider the recognition process.

 

https://lawyerphilippines.org/2017/04/11/recognition-of-foreign-divorce-in-the-philippines-process/

 

http://www.philstar.com/freeman-opinion/2015/04/23/1446966/recognition-foreign-divorce-decree-philippine-courts-1

Did you read the link?

 

What are the documents you should prepare?

  1. Philippine marriage certificate/record if the marriage was in the country
  2. Official marriage certificate/record from the foreign country if the marriage was abroad
  3. Report of Marriage of a Filipino married abroad (if one was filed with the DFA)
  4. Official copies of your foreign divorce documents
  5. Certified copy of the foreign country’s divorce law
  6. Proofs of citizenship

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19 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Did you read the link?

 

What are the documents you should prepare?

  1. Philippine marriage certificate/record if the marriage was in the country
  2. Official marriage certificate/record from the foreign country if the marriage was abroad
  3. Report of Marriage of a Filipino married abroad (if one was filed with the DFA)
  4. Official copies of your foreign divorce documents
  5. Certified copy of the foreign country’s divorce law
  6. Proofs of citizenship

Nope, didn't read it all, just gathered up the link for the OP .

 

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I am in a situation where I got married to a UScitizen and got divorced… and as far as I remember I know when I changed my maiden name on my passport when I got married to him it was a requirement for me to do the report of marriage on it and then they changed my last name on his surname… fast forward to today… I remarried to a US citizen and now I want to renew my passport to his surname however the Consulate General of Phil’s in Chicago called me and told me that I have to get Recognition of Foreign Divorce via Philippine court… it sounded to me at first that they don’t have any clue whether my marriage to my first husband was legally registered or not in Phil’s and even asked me at first that I have to get a Cenomar… then later on told me they can’t process my report of marriage on my second marriage because I need that to be aunthenticatd by the Philippine court… 

 

so so now my question is 

 

1) if I will just use the same surname on my passport when I renew it this April Can I just still use my ex husband’s surname? 

 

2)I am planning to file citizenship this year … will it affect my citizenship if my passport is in my ex husband’s surname and my state id is in my current husband’s surname? 

 

Is is there anyone here who undergo the procedure of getting that Recognition of Foreign Divorce thing in Phil? 

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7 minutes ago, mjt112215 said:

I am in a situation where I got married to a UScitizen and got divorced… and as far as I remember I know when I changed my maiden name on my passport when I got married to him it was a requirement for me to do the report of marriage on it and then they changed my last name on his surname… fast forward to today… I remarried to a US citizen and now I want to renew my passport to his surname however the Consulate General of Phil’s in Chicago called me and told me that I have to get Recognition of Foreign Divorce via Philippine court… it sounded to me at first that they don’t have any clue whether my marriage to my first husband was legally registered or not in Phil’s and even asked me at first that I have to get a Cenomar… then later on told me they can’t process my report of marriage on my second marriage because I need that to be aunthenticatd by the Philippine court… 

 

so so now my question is 

1) if I will just use the same surname on my passport when I renew it this April Can I just still use my ex husband’s surname? 

2)I am planning to file citizenship this year … will it affect my citizenship if my passport is in my ex husband’s surname and my state id is in my current husband’s surname? 

Is is there anyone here who undergo the procedure of getting that Recognition of Foreign Divorce thing in Phil? 

Yes, you can not process with a ROM with the embassy UNTIL you get a  Recognition of Foreign Divorce. When you renew it you HAVE to use you x's surname until you do both of those processes.

 

No, it should not affect you at all when doing citizenship. How long have you been here in the USA, are you going to use the 3 or 5 year rule?

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6 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:

Yes, you can not process with a ROM with the embassy UNTIL you get a  Recognition of Foreign Divorce. When you renew it you HAVE to use you x's surname until you do both of those processes.

 

No, it should not affect you at all when doing citizenship. How long have you been here in the USA, are you going to use the 3 or 5 year rule?

I’ve been here for 8 years now and planning on filling based on the five year rule… 

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1 minute ago, mjt112215 said:

I’ve been here for 8 years now and planning on filling based on the five year rule… 

Then you will be more than fine because the 5 year rule is less stringent than the 3 year rule.

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7 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:

Yes, you can not process with a ROM with the embassy UNTIL you get a  Recognition of Foreign Divorce. When you renew it you HAVE to use you x's surname until you do both of those processes.

 

No, it should not affect you at all when doing citizenship. How long have you been here in the USA, are you going to use the 3 or 5 year rule?

So from the look of it I will just have to through this process if ever I’m planning to get married again in the Phil’s then… because if my citizenship is granted do I not get the opportunity already to change my surname to my current husband’s surname? 

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I just hope that Recognition of Foreign Divorce thing wont be a requirement that’ll be asked for citizenship process… 

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1 minute ago, mjt112215 said:

So from the look of it I will just have to through this process if ever I’m planning to get married again in the Phil’s then… because if my citizenship is granted do I not get the opportunity already to change my surname to my current husband’s surname? 

Yes, once citizenship is granted you will be able to change your name to your surname here in the USA. The Philippines is a different matter entirely and one that irks me to no end.

Just now, mjt112215 said:

I just hope that Recognition of Foreign Divorce thing wont be a requirement that’ll be asked for citizenship process… 

That is a Philippine requirement not a US one.

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Just now, cyberfx1024 said:

Yes, once citizenship is granted you will be able to change your name to your surname here in the USA. The Philippines is a different matter entirely and one that irks me to no end.

Do you know someone who have gone through that process in the Phil’s?

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1 minute ago, mjt112215 said:

Do you know someone who have gone through that process in the Phil’s?

I unfortunately do not know of anyone who has had that done in the Philippines but keep checking back and more experienced people will stop by to help. Just wanted to affirm that you will have no problem here in the US side in regard to citizenship. You got married and divorced here in the USA with no issue so don't worry.

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