Tourist CFO certificate

[payxibka 10,047]

Just now, Marek50 said:

GCP Certificate is for immigrating to your fiance's country?

 

Bingo 

[Marek50 24]

6 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Bingo 

It's strange that they offer a tourist version of it? CFO officer said we couldn't get to Dubai without it or it would be really hard getting through IO.

[SalishSea 18,122]

1 hour ago, Marek50 said:

Yes, I'm at the NVC stage and waiting for the embassy to open, will that help?

 

Why would that possibly impact her ability to travel to Dubai?

[payxibka 10,047]

2 minutes ago, Marek50 said:

It's strange that they offer a tourist version of it? CFO officer said we couldn't get to Dubai without it or it would be really hard getting through IO.

Which IO?  Dubai?  They don't give a hoot about something internal to the Philippines that has no value once you depart its borders 

[Marek50 24]

7 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Why would that possibly impact her ability to travel to Dubai?

We filled out a massive application form, paid 535 usd......got approved to the last step. I would think that would significantly lower her as a flight risk, right? It shows I am not some random guy that put a ring on her finger for possibly sex trafficking.....hopefully. An official document is an official document right?

[Adventine 3,207]

  

1 minute ago, Marek50 said:

It's strange that they offer a tourist version of it? CFO officer said we couldn't get to Dubai without it or it would be really hard getting through IO.

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

[SalishSea 18,122]

Just now, Marek50 said:

We filled out a massive application form, paid 535 usd......got approved to the last step. I would think that would significantly lower her as a flight risk, right? It shows I am not some random guy that put a ring on her finger for possibly sex trafficking.....hopefully. An official document is an official document right?

Seems like you're conflating processes from several different countries.

 

Dubai neither knows nor cares about petition approvals for US fiance visas.

[Marek50 24]

4 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Seems like you're conflating processes from several different countries.

 

Dubai neither knows nor cares about petition approvals for US fiance visas.

No sir, I'm trying to get her through the IO at the manila airport, 🙂

[SalishSea 18,122]

Just now, Marek50 said:

No sir, I'm trying to get her through the IO at the manila airport, 🙂

Again, how would an approved petition be pertinent to traveling to an entirely different country?

 

Like others have said, petitions and visas are not at all the same.

[payxibka 10,047]

2 minutes ago, Marek50 said:

We filled out a massive application form, paid 535 usd......got approved to the last step. I would think that would significantly lower her as a flight risk, right? It shows I am not some random guy that put a ring on her finger for possibly sex trafficking.....hopefully. An official document is an official document right?

And for anyone who has experience with CFO will know that it isn't some sort of magic document that portrays any information,  let alone what was mentioned the above.  

[Marek50 24]

7 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Again, how would an approved petition be pertinent to traveling to an entirely different country?

 

Like others have said, petitions and visas are not at all the same.

We need to show IO at the Manila airport proof of a serious relationship. And approved petition shows exactly that 🙂 They need pictures and proof of conversations also EVERYTHING you can bring helps. IO gets suspicious and she will get offloaded. I'm trying to get the CFO tourist certificate as more documentation.

 

Edited January 31, 2021 by Marek50

[Marek50 24]

12 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Again, how would an approved petition be pertinent to traveling to an entirely different country?

 

Like others have said, petitions and visas are not at all the same.

You realize PH has an insanely tough immigration at the airport for tourists to leave the country, right? They offload an average of 50 passengers a day and some for no legit reason. A NOA2 is an official document why would I not bring it??????? A tourist CFO is an official document, why would I not get one??????

Edited January 31, 2021 by Marek50

[SalishSea 18,122]

1 minute ago, Marek50 said:

You realize PH has an insanely tough immigration at the airport for tourists to leave the country, right? They offload an average of 50 passengers a day and some for no legit reason. A NOA2 is an official document why would I not bring it???????

Sorry, I don't see the connection between a receipt from USCIS for an approved petition and a Filipina's ability to depart the Philippines to travel to UAE.  But if you insist it's a thing, go for it, and let us know if it works.

[payxibka 10,047]

12 minutes ago, Marek50 said:

We need to show IO at the Manila airport proof of a serious relationship. And approved petition shows exactly that 🙂 They need pictures and proof of conversations also EVERYTHING you can bring helps. IO gets suspicious and she will get offloaded. I'm trying to get the CFO tourist certificate as more documentation.

 

What does a filipina provide if they don't have a foreign boyfriend, who wants to go on a tourist excursion.  What documents do they need?

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My good American friend who lives in the Philippines on an SRRV left the country in August as he couldnt take the ridiculous rules anymore.  He knew that he would not be able to get back in for awhile.  So he has been living in Central and South America since.  He was going to have his long term girlfriend join him.  They live together for years, she is 30+ years old, have drivers licenses with the same address, etc etc.  She was told she needed the CFO to just travel as a tourist which is all BS.  Anyway, eventually she was able to get an appointment from a CFO officer and these were some of the questions.  How was your boyfriend able to retire at 41?  Thats not possible.  How can he manage his money if its in the US and he lives in the Philippines?  Whats an SRRV?  Maybe he is using you to stay in the Philippines.  What are your romantic plans?  Etc etc  Then she was told he had to get about 15 documents notarized and apollested at the nearest Philippine consulate in the US, but he doesnt even live in the US, he lives in the Philippines.  

 

These type of ridiculous things are what made me eventually quit my job in Manila and get out of this disaster.  Get my son out, get my fiance out and let the zoo continue without any zookeepers.  Its an utter disaster.  As a tourist place its OK, but try living and working and needing to get things done and its a lost cause here.  Remember, the Philippines was one of the richest countries in Asia into the 1980s and now one of the worst off.  There are some excellent case studies out there on the Philippines compared to South Korea since the 80s until now and its fascinating to read.  

Edited January 31, 2021 by flicks1998