Traveling back to Philippines

[Gaillong 0]

Hello everyone! I got my Green card few months ago and I want to visit my family in the Philippines. I got here by K1 visa. My question is, do I have to change my name in my passport before going back to Philippines? And is there anything else I have to keep in mind about documents? I remember I have to change my name in my CFO certificate.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

13 minutes ago, Gaillong said:

Hello everyone! I got my Green card few months ago and I want to visit my family in the Philippines. I got here by K1 visa. My question is, do I have to change my name in my passport before going back to Philippines? And is there anything else I have to keep in mind about documents? I remember I have to change my name in my CFO certificate.

No, you do not have to change the name in your passport or the stupid CFO certificate. When you go back to the Philippines make sure you bring your green card, marriage license, and your passport. When you get to immigration at NAIA please show the Green Card and the Marriage License when you get up to the counter. Also when you leave to fly back to the Philippines show them the Green Card and Marriage License at the ticketing counter as well. 

 

Don't forget to book any and all tickets in the name that is in your passport not the green card.

 

Edit. I am not calling you stupid sorry but I am calling the CFO certificate stupid. 

Edited August 21, 2018 by Cyberfx1024

[Gaillong 0]

34 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

No, you do not have to change the name in your passport or the stupid CFO certificate. When you go back to the Philippines make sure you bring your green card, marriage license, and your passport. When you get to immigration at NAIA please show the Green Card and the Marriage License when you get up to the counter. Also when you leave to fly back to the Philippines show them the Green Card and Marriage License at the ticketing counter as well. 

 

Don't forget to book any and all tickets in the name that is in your passport not the green card.

 

Edit. I am not calling you stupid sorry but I am calling the CFO certificate stupid. 

I agree! I don’t even know why do we have to have that certificate. Thank you so much for the response!!

Edited August 21, 2018 by Gaillong

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

3 minutes ago, Gaillong said:

I agree! I don’t even know why do we have to have that certificate. Thank you so much for the response!!

Not a problem at all po. Just remember to SHOW YOUR GREEN CARD AND MARRIAGE LICENSE at the immigration counter at NAIA and the airport counter when flying back.

 

While in my time here at VJ in over 6 years I have seen only 1 person not be allowed back to the USA after flying to the Philippines. The asawa came on here asking for advice about what happened and it turns out that his wife did not submit her green card or the marriage license at the airport counter when flying back. So it just basically looked like she was trying to fly to the USA on a expired visa. 

 

My asawa and I flew back to the Philippines with her expired green card and the extension paperwork on her maiden name passport without issues at all. We flew there together and she flew back with just her and out daughter with no issues. 

[Gaillong 0]

26 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

Not a problem at all po. Just remember to SHOW YOUR GREEN CARD AND MARRIAGE LICENSE at the immigration counter at NAIA and the airport counter when flying back.

 

While in my time here at VJ in over 6 years I have seen only 1 person not be allowed back to the USA after flying to the Philippines. The asawa came on here asking for advice about what happened and it turns out that his wife did not submit her green card or the marriage license at the airport counter when flying back. So it just basically looked like she was trying to fly to the USA on a expired visa. 

 

My asawa and I flew back to the Philippines with her expired green card and the extension paperwork on her maiden name passport without issues at all. We flew there together and she flew back with just her and out daughter with no issues. 

Thanks again! I’m a worrier so I try to make sure of everything 😅 coz I have a friend in Facebook shared that she updated her passport’s name after she got her GC, and I thought maybe I have to do that too . So I started searching about the process of changing name in my passport, and I saw all these requirements and long process in DFA website and I start to wonder if I really have to do that or maybe I can just change it while I’m in Philippines. My husband said he’ll just get me a US passport since I’m now a resident but I said we can’t do that coz I’m still a Filipino citizen 😄

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[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

24 minutes ago, Gaillong said:

Thanks again! I’m a worrier so I try to make sure of everything 😅 coz I have a friend in Facebook shared that she updated her passport’s name after she got her GC, and I thought maybe I have to do that too . So I started searching about the process of changing name in my passport, and I saw all these requirements and long process in DFA website and I start to wonder if I really have to do that or maybe I can just change it while I’m in Philippines. My husband said he’ll just get me a US passport since I’m now a resident but I said we can’t do that coz I’m still a Filipino citizen 😄

You have to do the Report Of Marriage(ROM) at the Philippine Consulate where you got married. Only once you get the ROM back can you then file for to renew your passport with your married name. You can not get a US Passport until you get your citizenship.