Need Recommendation for Lawyer in Philippines (CFO issues)

[Joe Kano 327]

1 hour ago, lelonis said:

Unfortunately it's not a legal marriage for Canadians. Our laws are very strict about what's a marriage and especially for sponsorship purposes. I already have an immigration lawyer up here for us. Problem is her to travel outside of Philippines

How did CFO get involved in your case?   When did CFO become a requirement for a person to travel outside of the Philippines?

[RO_AH 1,659]

1 hour ago, Joe Kano said:

How did CFO get involved in your case?   When did CFO become a requirement for a person to travel outside of the Philippines?

Since recently. It's not just for immigration anymore

[Joe Kano 327]

11 hours ago, RO_AH said:

Since recently. It's not just for immigration anymore

Is this on the CFO website? Or they just picking young single females?  I figured this was coming soon

[jameyj 73]

21 hours ago, lelonis said:

We haven't met in person. We've been trying all year, this trip was supposed to be that and then marriage after a month or so of living together in Costa Rica. But to get her to fly out we've been in hell since we learned about cfo and started dealing with them. It never ends the requirements and feels as they just want to destroy relationships but that's my opinion and doesn't help me. I have no clue what to do. Really don't want to wait for borders to open as that might be 1 to 2 years more with how ph is

Not to be a downer, but if you havent met in person yet, it's going to be very difficult to get her out of the country unless she's had previous international travel experience. She tells Immigration sh'e's going to meet her fiance she has never met, red flags and sirens are going to go off there. So be super-prepared. 

 

I wish you success though and hope for the best. 

[flicks1998 1,044]

1 hour ago, jameyj said:

Not to be a downer, but if you havent met in person yet, it's going to be very difficult to get her out of the country unless she's had previous international travel experience. She tells Immigration sh'e's going to meet her fiance she has never met, red flags and sirens are going to go off there. So be super-prepared. 

 

I wish you success though and hope for the best. 

To the OP, whats mentioned above is correct and is going to be incredibly tough to get around.  Even if doing the CFO just for her to travel to you in Costa Rica is going to be tough (this was never required in the past for tourism travel and is a recent change).  Thailand is supposed to open up more on November 1st and instead of flying her to the other side of the world, it may be better to try for shorter distances for her.  Even getting her past immigration without ever meeting is going to be tough just to Thailand but your chances might increase slightly.

 

Thailand requirements are a round-trip ticket, PCR test within 72 hours before departure, medical insurance with a minimum of $100K coverage and that covers Covid, certificate of vaccination, booking for hotel quarantine, and applying for certificate of entry (COE).  That will be the easiest country in the SE Asia region.  She will also need cash that would cover her stay.  

 

Hopefully which ever way you decide, everything goes smoothly. 

 

 

 

 

[lelonis 0]

On 10/5/2021 at 5:24 PM, John & Rose said:

My question EXACTLY.  The only time I heard this kind of stuff being asked for it was by the “beneficiary” and her family. 

I know what you mean, I told my fiancee the same thing and that there is no way in hell I am sharing that information. I said it sounds like they are using this to collect data on foreign affairs if anything. My fiance will try once more to convince them to take the documents that were listed in the initial letter as we have provided everything that's on the list and this extra is just too much. Might have to wait a year or 2 for borders to open as thats our only option right? This is ridiculous.

[lelonis 0]

On 10/6/2021 at 4:26 PM, flicks1998 said:

To the OP, whats mentioned above is correct and is going to be incredibly tough to get around.  Even if doing the CFO just for her to travel to you in Costa Rica is going to be tough (this was never required in the past for tourism travel and is a recent change).  Thailand is supposed to open up more on November 1st and instead of flying her to the other side of the world, it may be better to try for shorter distances for her.  Even getting her past immigration without ever meeting is going to be tough just to Thailand but your chances might increase slightly.

 

Thailand requirements are a round-trip ticket, PCR test within 72 hours before departure, medical insurance with a minimum of $100K coverage and that covers Covid, certificate of vaccination, booking for hotel quarantine, and applying for certificate of entry (COE).  That will be the easiest country in the SE Asia region.  She will also need cash that would cover her stay.  

 

Hopefully which ever way you decide, everything goes smoothly. 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the tip, I'm glad the Thailand idea is back on the table. Only issue is that it doesn't fix anything in the long run unless borders are fully open for vaxxed people. It might increase chances she gets a visitor visa to Canada which as it stands she has only a 50% chance to get one according to our immigration lawyer. I just wish I had a solution to meet and get married so that we can finally be together permanently. Costa rica with the marriage laws and making it legal in Canada was the most beneficial. Ugh, this is just bad luck.