CFO telecounseling requirements

[seekingthetruth 1,246]

On 11/3/2021 at 6:43 AM, geezerpl said:

In our case it is UK Partner visa (no prerequisite / no intent to get married) but CFO seems PUSHING FIlipinas towards marriage. They don't get it women are free to decide in Europe.

Their counselors MOST OFTEN ask for all the marriage papers regardless visa type (tourist, fiance, partner, marriage visitor)

I saw your other post about CFO Counselor Ranking.  What is it that has you so concerned about CFO?  You have not said much about your relationship with your "partner".  Is she very young?  Do you have a large age gap? How did you meet and how long is your relationship?  It has been very hard for online relationships to move forward to the actual meeting, for the last few years, due to Covid travel restrictions.  Have you even met your partner in person?

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On 11/2/2021 at 8:16 PM, Chancy said:

 

Same, though I did get questioned a lot about not having ROM.  Still no closure on that as my visa is still pending, so there might be a part 2 to our tele-counseling.  Even with all that, my counselor was polite, respectful, and professional throughout the call.  She also took the time to explain the purpose of the requirements and the counseling in general.  While I appreciate her effort, I honestly don't recall most of what she said now because I wanted to get the call over with, so she won't ask about my ROM again 😆  I do remember her saying that they've recently started getting strict with the ROM requirement.  I didn't ask why because I really didn't want her to dwell on the topic.  But I suspect it's due to all those Utah online marriages...

 

It is a progress anyway. A few months ago the Philippine BI was posting on facebook stories how they hunted down or deported American men trying to "sneak in" with an online marriage certificate... 

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6 hours ago, seekingthetruth said:

I saw your other post about CFO Counselor Ranking.  What is it that has you so concerned about CFO?  You have not said much about your relationship with your "partner".  Is she very young?  Do you have a large age gap? How did you meet and how long is your relationship?  It has been very hard for online relationships to move forward to the actual meeting, for the last few years, due to Covid travel restrictions.  Have you even met your partner in person?

I'd rather not disclose too many details online. My partner is very shy and afraid to defend her point (as many people in PH).

Her drunk, jobless father beat the s*** out of her (thank God I wasn't in PH in 2020) and she didn't even report it.

Barangay officer brought her 1 sack of rice and 8 tuna cans once in 2020 and she didn't report it (people on low income were supposed to get help MONTHLY during ECQ). Without me she would have been starving on the street !

etc. etc.

 

Obviously an efficient, intelligent, experienced and empathetic clerk/gov official/officer is always better than the one with an overgrown ego and low IQ.

Edited November 5, 2021 by geezerpl

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5 hours ago, geezerpl said:

I'd rather not disclose too many details online. My partner is very shy and afraid to defend her point (as many people in PH).

Her drunk, jobless father beat the s*** out of her (thank God I wasn't in PH in 2020) and she didn't even report it.

Barangay officer brought her 1 sack of rice and 8 tuna cans once in 2020 and she didn't report it (people on low income were supposed to get help MONTHLY during ECQ). Without me she would have been starving on the street !

etc. etc.

 

Obviously an efficient, intelligent, experienced and empathetic clerk/gov official/officer is always better than the one with an overgrown ego and low IQ.

If you want to get some good advice here, a bit more info would help.  I'm not sure what her being shy has to do with it.

 

Based on what little you have said, she is probably young and poor, and her UK visa implies you have no intent to marry her.  Even if you get a CFO counselor who is not "low IQ and has overgrown ego", her chances of getting a CFO certificate are slim to none.  If you only know her online without physically meeting her, zero chance.

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Update: a CFO employee emailed me asking for my address and contact details cos their partner courier wasnt able to deliver my paper certificate. 
 

just so weird that theyre only attempting to mail it after 10 months lol but im not surprised