ROM required for Manila Embassy?

[rikimiri 0]

Anyone recently recently gone through NVC/ Manila Embassy for a CR1/IR1 Visa? Is a ROM required for a online marriage? Or is a marriage certificate from Utah the only requirement. I'm reading elsewhere online that a ROM is required, since it's a online marriage. This doesn't make any sense to me. Also, is a Cenomar/AOM required for the petitioner? Just want to be prepared. Thank you in advance.

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[top_secret 2,458]

ROM is a Philippine government thing.  US Embassy Manila could literally care less if you file a ROM.  It is not required at all for US Immigration.

 

It has nothing to do with getting the visa, but if your wife intends to take your name she needs a ROM to change her name on her Philippine passport.  It is not required for her to take your name, but if she wants to and does it in the Philippines it costs $25 for the ROM, 900 pesos for a new passport and the green card automatically comes with the desired name.  If she waits to change her name until she gets to the US it costs $415 and can take a year to change a green card once it has been issued.  CFO will give her a hard time about not filing a ROM and may hassle her but eventually they still have to let her go. 

 

CENOMAR/AOM is only required for the petitioner if the are dual citizen of former Filipino who lived in the Philippines more than 1 year as an adult.  CENOMAR or AOM is always required for the beneficiary but if you dont file a ROM and therefore she gets an CENOMAR stating she is not married, instead of an AOM, it is ok but whatever document PSA issues, the beneficiary needs it.

Edited September 18 by top_secret

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[spicynujac 27]

The American Embassy is not going to ask for your Report of Marriage (it's a foreign registration of marriage document--the US already has your *US* marriage certificate) but this will be required by Philippine authorities before your wife can exit the Philippines.  I'm not even sure she will be allowed to do tourist travel once she has the American visa in her passport unless she gets the ROM / CFO.  It certainly will be stressful and there is a risk of offloading, particularly at Manila airport.

 

By the time you have your US immigration interview, if you haven't already submitted the ROM, you may face delays in coming to America.

Currently our ROM is in process, with an expected processing time of 6 months.  And we are not expecting a visa interview until next year.  So go ahead and do it.  

 

The added plus is this will save you hundreds of dollars, as you can use the ROM to get a new PH passport with married name in it, which is very costly to do later in the US (and has additional paperwork and reporting costs with local and federal agencies). 900 pesos versus $415 USCIS fee + local court costs... do the math.