Tourist CFO certificate

[Marek50 24]

1 hour ago, Adventine said:

  

I still believe that you have been misled somewhere or that the CFO officer gave you advice based on incomplete / inaccurate information. I say this because I have travelled many times as a single woman and I have never ever been asked for a CFO certificate, let alone a "tourist version."

 

When you receive this tourist version of CFO certificate, please share a copy (with personal information redacted) so that we can see what it is and how it compares to the existing CFO certificates.

 

Meantime, please read some of the comments in this existing thread and how some recent tourists from the Philippines were asked for CFOs by PH immigration officers, but successfully departed the Philippines without CFO certificates, because they knew the policy, they stood their ground and told the PH immigration officers that CFOs were NOT needed for tourism.

 

2021 Travel: PH-US-PH - Philippines - VisaJourney

Wow ok thank you for that!

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2 hours ago, Adventine said:

  

I still believe that you have been misled somewhere or that the CFO officer gave you advice based on incomplete / inaccurate information. I say this because I have travelled many times as a single woman and I have never ever been asked for a CFO certificate, let alone a "tourist version."

 

When you receive this tourist version of CFO certificate, please share a copy (with personal information redacted) so that we can see what it is and how it compares to the existing CFO certificates.

 

Meantime, please read some of the comments in this existing thread and how some recent tourists from the Philippines were asked for CFOs by PH immigration officers, but successfully departed the Philippines without CFO certificates, because they knew the policy, they stood their ground and told the PH immigration officers that CFOs were NOT needed for tourism.

 

2021 Travel: PH-US-PH - Philippines - VisaJourney

The part in bold is what every departing Filipino needs to do when traveling as a tourist. Otherwise nothing will change. The problem is the culture is so conflict avoidance that not many stand up for themselves especially to people in authority but it has to start now or this bs will continue forever. Maybe @Adventinecan start this class until she leaves the country. 👍

[0NI 114]

I have never been asked for a CFO Certificate while on a Tourist Visa.

 

Whoever told you that you need a CFO Cert while visiting...you need to stop listening to them. lol

[Allovertheworld 355]

4 hours ago, 0NI said:

Whoever told you that you need a CFO Cert while visiting...you need to stop listening to them. lol

Exactly

[Tomell 8]

On 1/31/2021 at 8:46 AM, Adventine said:

Why did your fiancée apply for a CFO certificate in the first place? It's not needed for Filipinos who plan to go abroad only for tourism. CFO is required only for those immigrating abroad.

Is there a document somewhere that clearly states this? My wife is due to leave Manila tomorrow night and I am worried she will catch a hard time from the immigration officer...

[Adventine 3,196]

2 hours ago, Tomell said:

Is there a document somewhere that clearly states this? My wife is due to leave Manila tomorrow night and I am worried she will catch a hard time from the immigration officer...

No document that I'm aware of. My post was based on personal experience travelling internationally as a single Filipina. Never asked for CFO. But then I could always prove that I was paying for my own trip. Same for my peers.