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14 minutes ago, geowrian said:

If ROM wasn't completed then they could get a CENOMAR still. But they would still need to lie and say they weren't married...and then you're opening pandora's box of troubles.

Why put yourself through that again?  All the paperwork and the 10 day wait.  I hope they just do the ROM and renew their vows there.  The only difference is there won't be a second marriage license, which is probably a good thing.  For some reason I see polygamy charges and a difficult time to prove that he isn't actually married twice. LOL

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3 minutes ago, payxibka said:

That is a question for the church.   If you explain it is a renewal of vows then they should not require any documents    bring your existing certificate just in case

@payxibka the thing is i live in remote province in the Philippines and when i was gathering my documents there for my k1 application my god government workers and church staff are just made me angry they suggest things that is not necessary that is why i learn to process most things online on my own..

 

But i think i know what to do with the church thing..i have a brothen in-law who works in our local church and know some priest i will ask him later..its actually its not just a renewal of vows for us but also a baptism of my nephew lol we will just gonna celebrate those 2 things at once, my sister cant afford the baptism so i guess priest will always be involve 😅😅

 

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1 minute ago, John & Rose said:

Why put yourself through that again?  All the paperwork and the 10 day wait.  I hope they just do the ROM and renew their vows there.  The only difference is there won't be a second marriage license, which is probably a good thing.  For some reason I see polygamy charges and a difficult time to prove that he isn't actually married twice. LOL

No good reason to go through that...I don't think anybody is suggesting one should. :)

I wasn't thinking bigamy or polygamy being an issue...just that reconciling all the paperwork later could turn into a decent hassle (i.e. ROM, marriage certificate(s) in the future, future spousal-based visas to the Philippines for the USC, etc.).

Timelines:

ROC:

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7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

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I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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12 minutes ago, John & Rose said:

Why put yourself through that again?  All the paperwork and the 10 day wait.  I hope they just do the ROM and renew their vows there.  The only difference is there won't be a second marriage license, which is probably a good thing.  For some reason I see polygamy charges and a difficult time to prove that he isn't actually married twice. LOL

As what i remember from CFO seminar ROM is a must if you are a Filipino married with USC spouse and married abroad..specially if you want to recognize your marriage in Philippines..im sure the OP have an idea of what to do now.

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1 hour ago, Tokenfreak said:

So my wife and I got married here in the states this past November.  Once my wife has her AP card or green card we are going back to the Philippines to get married again so her family can attend the wedding as they couldn't attend the one here in the states.  My question is can we legally get married again or must we only hold a marriage ceremony without legally getting married again?  Also depending on the answer do I need to do the ROM for the marriage in the states or can we just get a marriage license there for the Philippines like we have the one here in the states?  Thanks.

My Fiancee and I are doing the same thing. We are putting on a "Ceremony" just so they can experience it and pay respect to her family. No legality, nothing of the sort. We are just hosting something where we will "Get married again", just to put on a show as I said. 

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2 hours ago, icanbenobody said:

Cool i guess i know what to do now. Thanks @Hank_                

The venue thing was a kick ... I would hate to think what that would cost in the States.

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2 hours ago, Hank_ said:

The venue thing was a kick ... I would hate to think what that would cost in the States.

The venue wont be in an expensive place Hank..im a.k.a. "kuripot" in spending money 😂😂 the expensive thing for that day would be the plane tickets for 3 people sigh 

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For the ROM our experience in Hong Kong was we took our original marriage certificate into the Filipino Consulate and with our other documents. They filed the form, returned our documents, and were told we could get the ROM Certificate in Manila in 2 to 3 months.  We had a relative pick up the Certified NSO copy for us and send it to us as we had moved to Mexico (a long story lol).  As others had said the second wedding is just a renewal of vows. 

March 2, 2018  Married In Hong Kong

April 30, 2018  Mary moves from the Philippines to Mexico, Husband has MX Permanent Residency

June 13, 2018 Mary receives Mexican Residency Card

June 15, 2018  I-130 DCF Appointment in Juarez  -  June 18, 2018  Approval E-Mail

August 2, 2018 Case Complete At Consulate

September 25, 2018 Interview in CDJ and Approved!

October 7, 2018 In the USA

October 27, 2018 Green Card received 

October 29, 2018 Applied for Social Security Card - November 5, 2018 Social Security Card received

November 6th, 2018 State ID Card Received, Applied for Global Entry - Feb 8,2019 Approved.

July 14, 2020 Removal of Conditions submitted by mail  July 12, 2021 Biometrics Completed

August 6, 2021 N-400 submitted by mail

September 7, 2021 I-751 Interview, Sept 8 Approved and Card Being Produced

October 21, 2021 N-400 Biometrics Completed  

November 30,2021  Interview, Approval and Oath

December 10, 2021 US Passport Issued

August 12, 2022 PHL Dual Nationality Re-established & Passport Approved 

April 6,2023 Legally Separated - Oh well

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Thanks everyone!  I know what we need to do now!  :)

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K-1 Visa

06/19/2017:  Met online on a dating site (Date in Asia)

11/10/2017:  Met in person 1st time (traveled to Philippines: 11/8/2017 - 11/20/2017)

01/29/2018:  I-129F petition sent to the USCIS Dallas lockbox via USPS

01/31/2018:  I-129F petition delivered and signed by USCIS

02/06/2018:  Check was cashed ($535); Received acceptance confirmation email and text from USCIS; Case being transferred to CSC

02/08/2018:  NOA1 hard copy received via USPS (NOA1 received date: 01/31/2018; NOA1 notice date: 02/05/2018)

08/09/2018:  I-129F petition approved (total wait time: 190 days from received date and 185 days from notice date) 

08/13/2018:  NOA2 hard copy received via USPS

08/22/2018:  NVC received I-129F petition

08/23/2018:  NVC assigned case number

09/03/2018:  Medical exam at SLEC (Day 1)

09/04/2018:  Medical exam at SLEC (Day 2)

09/04/2018:  NVC sent I-129F petition to embassy

09/05/2018:  Embassy received I-129F petition

09/23/2018:  Met in person 2nd time (traveled to Philippines: 09/21/2018 - 10/07/2018)

09/24/2018:  Interview - Approved! (Interview took 236 days from received date and 231 days from notice date)

09/25/2018:  Attended the CFO - GCP session

09/28/2018:  Visa packet in hand (picked up at Robinson's Mall in Bacolod, Philippines)

10/03/2018:  Flew from BCD to MNL and back to get CFO - GCP sticker

10/06/2018:  POE at JFK airport in New York

10/22/2018:  Received marriage license application (applied on 10/17/2018)

11/07/2018:  Received SSN card (applied on 10/24/2018)

11/10/2018:  Married to my Honeybun!

AOS/EAD/AP

11/23/2018:  Packet sent to the USCIS Chicago lockbox via USPS

11/29/2018:  Packet delivered and signed by USCIS

12/05/2018:  Check was cashed ($1225); Received three acceptance confirmation texts (one for each form) from the USCIS

12/11/2018:  NOA1 hard copies received (one for each form) via USPS (NOA1 received date: 11/29/2018; NOA1 notice date: 12/03/2018)

12/13/2018:  Biometrics (ASC) appointment notice hard copy received via USPS (notice date: 12/07/2018)

12/26/2018:  Biometrics (ASC) appointment at 9:00am at the USCIS Application Support Center in Charleston, SC

01/02/2019:  AOS case status update:  Ready to schedule interview

01/09/2019:  AOS case status update:  Interview scheduled

01/12/2019:  Interview appointment notice hard copy received via USPS (notice date: 01/09/2019)

02/19/2019:  Interview for AOS:  I-485 - Approved

02/25/2019:  Green card received in mail

ROC

01/02/2019 *State ID card - Applied and received temporary paper ID....waiting on real physical card ID.

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