Divorce Recognition in the Philippines

[mjt112215 1]

1 minute ago, cyberfx1024 said:

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.

Ty so much! Did you file citizenship base on 3 or 5 yr rule?

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

2 minutes ago, mjt112215 said:

Ty so much! Did you file citizenship base on 3 or 5 yr rule?

Ako at hindi Amerikano hindi Filipino. But my asawa is filing this year on the 5 year rule.

 

[mjt112215 1]

1 hour ago, cyberfx1024 said:

Ako at hindi Amerikano hindi Filipino. But my asawa is filing this year on the 5 year rule.

 

Oh I see... so she’s a Filipina? That’s my plan too to file base on a five year rule.. did she start on her citizenship already? I hope I can also chat with her and know things about this process too. Are you her first husband? 

[Hank_ 9,174]

2 hours 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? 

As for renewing your Philippine passport, you have no choice but to renew it in your previous married name, unless you do the  below.

 

Did your previous husband file for the divorce?  If yes, then you can file with the RTC to have the divorce recognized (you will need an attorney to assist you with this)

Once the Recognition is completed you will then need to complete a new ROM filing before you can get your Philippine passport in your new married name.

 

Having your Philippine passport in your previous married name is not an issue for filing the N-400,  Naturalization.  

 

If you are completing your Naturalization this year you may want to hold off renewing your Philippine passport as it will become VOID once you complete USC (unless you have some travel plans coming up soon)

[Hank_ 9,174]

1 hour ago, cyberfx1024 said:

Ako at hindi Amerikano hindi Filipino. But my asawa is filing this year on the 5 year rule.

 

Why the 5 year rule (doesn't apply) ?   As the spouse of a USC she can file at 3 years or anytime after that moment in time.

[mjt112215 1]

1 minute ago, Hank_ said:

As for renewing your Philippine passport, you have no choice but to renew it in your previous married name, unless you do the  below.

 

Did your previous husband file for the divorce?  If yes, then you can file with the RTC to have the divorce recognized (you will need an attorney to assist you with this)

Once the Recognition is completed you will then need to complete a new ROM filing before you can get your Philippine passport in your new married name.

 

Having your Philippine passport in your previous married name is not an issue for filing the N-400,  Naturalization.  

 

If you are completing your Naturalization this year you may want to hold off renewing your Philippine passport as it will become VOID once you complete USC (unless you have some travel plans coming up soon)

But my passport is expiring this April 2018 and I read somewhere that I need a valid passport as one of the requirement for citizenship.. that’s the only reason why I’m renewing my passport. Not unless expired passport  won’t be a problem and asked as a requirement to be submitted. 

[Hank_ 9,174]

2 hours ago, mjt112215 said:

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

Nope. 

 

https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12.html

[Hank_ 9,174]

1 minute ago, mjt112215 said:

But my passport is expiring this April 2018 and I read somewhere that I need a valid passport as one of the requirement for citizenship.. that’s the only reason why I’m renewing my passport. Not unless expired passport  won’t be a problem and asked as a requirement to be submitted. 

Here is the USCIS checklist of required documents, and the Philippine passport is NOT on the list.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Citizenship & Naturalization Based Resources/A Guide to Naturalization/PDFs/M-477.pdf

[Hank_ 9,174]

2 hours ago, cyberfx1024 said:

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

OK, I have to ask.  Aside from needing evidence of being married for filing at 3 years, what is less stringent with the 5 year requirements?

 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Citizenship & Naturalization Based Resources/A Guide to Naturalization/PDFs/M-477.pdf

[mjt112215 1]

45 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

Here is the USCIS checklist of required documents, and the Philippine passport is NOT on the list.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Citizenship & Naturalization Based Resources/A Guide to Naturalization/PDFs/M-477.pdf

Ty for this!!

[Hank_ 9,174]

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