Utah County Proxy (Zoom) wedding

[John & Rose 7,239]

48 minutes ago, Talako said:

If I was to guess, it is probably assumed, rightly or wrongly, shy or quiet young women could be more easily tricked or manipulated into something they would not normally do. So, ultimately they are on the look out for that.

Exactly!

[Carpe Vinum 2,327]

5 hours ago, godspeed said:

The CFO may have some good intentions but it’s way too nosy and what kind of people want to work those jobs and who watches over them?

Have you met a Filipina?

[John & Rose 7,239]

10 minutes ago, Carpe Vinum said:

Have you met a Filipina?

LOL!  Ain't it the truth!

[W199 328]

2 hours ago, John & Rose said:

LOL!  Ain't it the truth!

LOL! My fiancée has lost count of the constant stream of people who keep asking her and her siblings about when will she go to the USA, why hasn't she gone yet, etc... She just tells them now "I will go when I go" ... 

Edited April 18, 2023 by W199

[RO_AH 1,659]

47 minutes ago, W199 said:

LOL! My fiancée has lost count of the constant stream of people who keep asking her and her siblings about when will she go to the USA, why hasn't she gone yet, etc... She just tells them now "I will go when I go" ... 

They all just want to know so they know when they can start asking if they can borrow money 🤣

[godspeed 41]

So here’s a question related to this process; 

 

if you file a ROM for a US marriage does a US divorce also dissolve a PH marriage?

 

what if your partner cheats or becomes abusive - it would be a real drag to have to go there to the PH  to try to get an annulment to get away from that… 

 

 

[Talako 781]

4 minutes ago, godspeed said:

So here’s a question related to this process; 

 

if you file a ROM for a US marriage does a US divorce also dissolve a PH marriage?

 

what if your partner cheats or becomes abusive - it would be a real drag to have to go there to the PH  to try to get an annulment to get away from that… 

 

 

Planning for the future.  Good call...

[John & Rose 7,239]

51 minutes ago, godspeed said:

So here’s a question related to this process; 

 

if you file a ROM for a US marriage does a US divorce also dissolve a PH marriage?

 

what if your partner cheats or becomes abusive - it would be a real drag to have to go there to the PH  to try to get an annulment to get away from that… 

 

 

Philippine law is pretty straight forward on that. If one of the couple is a foreigner and the divorce takes place in the foreign country it is eligible for “Recognition of Foreign Divorce” no matter where the marriage took place. Recognition of foreign divorce takes as long and costs as much as an annulment…no surprise there. 

Edited April 18, 2023 by John & Rose

[godspeed 41]

40 minutes ago, John & Rose said:

Philippine law is pretty straight forward on that. If one of the couple is a foreigner and the divorce takes place in the foreign country it is eligible for “Recognition of Foreign Divorce” no matter where the marriage took place. Recognition of foreign divorce takes as long and costs as much as an annulment…no surprise there. 

I wonder if it really matters unless you intend to live in the Philippines - because if you are divorced in the US where marriage occurred maybe you would be able to remarry in the US regardless of the PH government - I’m not looking to divorce or expecting a bad spouse but it’s good to make this known for the process. 

[John & Rose 7,239]

11 minutes ago, godspeed said:

I wonder if it really matters unless you intend to live in the Philippines - because if you are divorced in the US where marriage occurred maybe you would be able to remarry in the US regardless of the PH government - I’m not looking to divorce or expecting a bad spouse but it’s good to make this known for the process. 

All of this only matters in the Philippines and The Vatican. Those would be the only places on earth that don’t allow divorce. There is no reason for annulment or recognition of divorce unless you wanted to marry another Filipino. CFO would be the stumbling block. There are “helpers” that issue Sharia divorces so the law states that the Sharia divorce requires a Nikah (Muslim wedding). So many were trying to convert the divorce that the government clamped down. There are a lot of people paying serious money for Sharia divorce and it ends up not recognized so they need the annulment anyway. We are talking hundreds who paid the helpers but got nothing. Some pay over ₽200k for the non-help. $5k and you have to get an annulment anyway would suck. 

[TBoneTX 45,008]

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