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Both my sons are dual citizens and have no such certificate. Not all cases require you to re-acquire your citizenship. My sons were born in PH and I filed a CRBA to become US citizens. No oath required.

No, just show both passports when leaving.

If he has US passport he is all set. They do not give US passports to non citizens. If you are waiting on paperwork, it's just to keep. Example: my 2 boys were born in Philippines. I filed a CRBA for both so they have US citizenship and passports. When we travel I do not need to bring their CRBA certificates, just their passports.

I think you are way over thinking this and your questions are overlapping. Have your wife re-acquire her citizen and that pretty solves everything. The children you have together will get theirs when she goes through the process I don't think being a late registration will be much of a problem, you may just need to jump through some hoops. The consulate will advise you. When she became a US citizen your stepson should have acquired his US citizenship. This would make everyone dual citizens except you. Yes you would all get BB visa's. You will should also get both passports for each person.

They can be crazy in their requests at times, but I have not heard of this one. Why would you need a copy of an application for a visa that you already have? Yes be sure on this. "they said" is taken as fact by most Filipinos.

I'm not sure why you need it. I did spouse so forgive my ignorance.

I dealt with a lot during my wife's immigration process. Not to mention we had Covid lock down just before she was ready for interview. She was flagged for sputum and then had to have a second medical because hers expired due to the lock down. My wife and our 2 children were there and I could not even visit them due to the lock downs. Finally I was allowed as a spouse to go get her and our our children after applying for and receiving a visa from the Philippines consulate. I flew there and had to stay in a quarantine hotel by myself for 8 days. So trust me when I understand that there are challenges when immigrating a spouse or fiance from another country. However I never once was so angry due to something that I had no power over and could not change. Like I said I understand your frustration but you may need to take some anger management courses honestly. Maybe it's just your anger talking but you stated that you would not have taken this path had you known (in so many words) and recommend that others not do so. I would crawl through glass and do anything in the world to be with my wife and we are blessed by our children together. I would highly recommend that people marry and bring a Pinay to America.

I know you are frustrated. A lot have people have complained about CFO but your claim that they deny 9 out of 17 is completely false. I have been on this forum for over a decade and I have not seen 1 case where someone is denied. Just get it done and get her here.

Doesn't change my statement. It's unfortunate that you did not do more research on the subject so that you would be more prepared. She will be with you soon enough. I know it's frustrating but it's the system that we are forced to deal with.

Just one more reason that a spouse visa is superior. They are much harder on fiance's

CRBA cannot be done online. The instructions are very clear on the process and what you will need on the embassy's page. We did my 2 son's CRBA when I was there just before Covid. I went with my wife for the CRBA. It is not a requirement but I think it helps. We did a CR1. I never wanted to do a K-1. I feel the CR1 is better because you do everything at once and it is also less expensive. It's all about personal choice on that though.

It seems there were people trying to make it the next Covid but it didn't work. People in PH love to worry, it's like a national past time for most. Use grok.com and search Monkey pox in Philippines. It's really nothing to worry about.

Like I said above, I don't think LBC does air freight there in Maui, only BB box and remittance. My friend in Maui had to send me something to ship via air at the Honolulu LBC. That may have changed, you would need to check. 2nd choice would definitely be DHL.

He is in Kihei which is in Maui. I don't think that the LBC there does air cargo. If you know someone in Honolulu you can send it to them and have them take it to the LBC in Honolulu and ship it via air for you.

Nothing to worry about. If you have a PSA certificate, you are fine.

Never wanted to do a K-1, it was CR1 all the way for me. Get everything done in 1 shot. What you may want to consider is Utah online wedding. That was not available at the time. . I started once we received the PSA marriage certificate.

You don't. You used to have to go to the embassy and get a affidavit/certificate showing that you were free to marry. You show them the divorce decree and that give you a paper. I forget what it was called, it was a while ago. When I landed in Manila we stayed there overnight and went to the embassy. But from what I understand they do not do that anymore. All documents were brought by me when I flew there. I needed needed my birth certificate, divorce decree, and not sure what else. Like I said, make her go and find out the requirements so you do not miss anything. This is pretty much standard across the Philippines. You will get a good laugh. It must be in person. We had a family friend with us that knew the counselor well so they were mostly just talking the hole time. But we did go through it. When they discuss the financial part where all the money goes to the wife for her to manage, that's the part where I got a good laugh. My wife already knew that was not happening in our relationship. Yes.

I just renewed my 2 sons passports last week. Luckily the Consulate is very close to us.

Been there, done that. Start by sending your fiance the her LCR and have her find out the requirements for her to marry a foreigner. It differs slightly from place so this step is most important. Filipinos tend to want to rely on "they said". They will ask a bunch of people that they know and they will take that as fact. You can't have that because you need to make sure to have everything ready because you will not have time for delays. Make sure that whatever they tell her that she writes it all down or that they give it to her in writing. One requirement that is for all Philippines is the time that it takes to get your marriage license so that you can get married. That takes 10 business days (2 weeks or more if there are holidays). My trip was 3 weeks. We went to the LCR on the first day to register. My last week there we got married in the court. She may want a church wedding. That would take much longer due to the church requirements.

You can bring cell phones in since you are a citizen. They will put them in a locker for you.

More so just speculation from people who want to believe that. Trump has always been pro-LEGAL immigration and especially family based visa's. TDS runs deep.

Your interpretation is incorrect. The document is proof of marriage or no marriage in the Philippines. Yours will show that you are legally married to her. Yes your marriage certificate shows that, but they also want a CENOMR which would technically be a CEMAR.

I would order PSA versions of your BC and and marriage certificates online to be safe.

Try not to overthink. Ask questions first here before acting. You effort to speed things up may have just cost you a lot of time. Good luck!

Yeah, they're not going to give an expedite based on her being pregnant. Also for planning purposes if she give birth in the Philippines, you will need to file a CRBA before they can both come to America. So if you think that may be the case, do your research now so you will be prepared. Both of our children have CRBA and are dual citizens.