Hello everyone,
Just wanted to relay the experience my fiance had at the CFO/GCP counseling session.
We decided to go ahead and get the counseling done ahead of the visa since we were going to be in Manila before my flight home and to hopefully save time in the future. Knowing that she would have to return for the CFO stamp after the Visa.
Once she was checked in and the session actually started that is when the problems started. We has assumed there would be 2 different sessions; 1 for people with Visa's and 1 without. But that was not the case. They put her in with the ones with Visa's? I guess to consolidate?
The person running the session proceeded to tell her that she had wasted her time by coming and and would have to return anyway. So, why did she even show up and that I was stupid for scheduling without the Visa.
She said they were very rude and kept insisting that since I had been married before and had no children that I "must" have have problem with having children. They also told her that most men in the US are womanizers and abuse their wives, that's why they have so much divorce.
The counselor told them that murder of US men's wives was common and to expect to be treated like a slave. And told of several instances where Filipino's were murdered by their husbands.
They even went as far to tell her that after she gets her Visa, she will get an envelope that says. "Do not open". But to to open it anyway to see whats inside!
I thought this was supposed to be a counseling session to advise them of their rights and what to do in case things go wrong. Not outright lies and scare tactics. They had her so upset she was almost crying.
Is this common for the session and has anyone had this type of experience?