RO_AH

Do not even think about it. Just don't. Any type of ceremony could get your K1 denied. Get married for real and get a CR-1. Far superior to a K1.

Here is the contact info

Just make sure she explains her expiration date and they will usually accommodate. Is it still possible to do online? That's what we had during Covid. Also, I have nno idea who told you about just going to the airport. I have never heard of that as being a possibility and I have been here a while.

You are very confusing. A K-1 is a fiance visa for your partner to come to the USA and get married to you? I don't understand you saying you will get married in the Philippines. Also as @Chancy said you would need to file for a recognition of divorce not an annulment since you were married in the USA and not in PH. The recognition of divorce takes time and money, meaning this will not happen fast. Either do a K-1 and marry here OR if you get married there do an online Utah wedding. USA would giving her the visa not PH so in USA if you are legally divorced you can apply for a visa. Not strange at all. As far as every country in the world is concerned you are legally divorced. Only PH does not recognize it. Your CR-1 would be filed through USA so it does not care how PH sees it. Do yourself a favor and consider a Utah wedding. You can do it together from Philippines and then have a reception there with her family and friends. Then file CR-1

Right here is your problem. You are seeking and reading these stories. They don't apply to you so stop worrying yourself, it's not good for your health. Think of the 1000's and 1000's of people that fly out of the Philippines every day with no problem. Why are you seeking out the very few that did not go well. You don't know the exact reason, only the infamous "they said" which everyone spreads around in the PH. Maybe documents weren't in order, maybe forged, maybe underage with fake visa's.

Scratch what I said, it is different in Cebu

Not sure how it works now if something did change, but when I did the CRBA for my 2 sons in Manila, you don't really make an appointment. You send in the packet and they give you an appointment. In our case they made the appointment faster than I expected. They sent an email and I replied and asked them to move it back a week because I was not in the Philippines yet. They sent back a new date for when I requested and we went in and got the CRBAs.

My wife never once opened the site. I entered all of the info from here.

Please let's not confuse the OP. You will never need your CFO sticker/certificate again after your first exit from the Philippines to a foreign destination. You will also never have a green card unless you have come to America already, in which case, CFO is irrelevant.

My wife had no CFO sticker in passport either and has a green card. She did do the CFO counseling and received her certificate which allowed her to leave the Philippines. How was your wife able to leave without CFO?

No, it does not apply to a US citizen, but a Philippines citizen cannot leave the Philippines without a CFO sticker.

This has been discussed a lot here. While your divorce is recognized in every country in the world, it is not recognized in Philippines. Therefore you can not get married in the Philippines. You can get married in the Philippines with an online wedding through Utah. You would then be able to apply for a CR-1. You could also go the K-1 route. In order to have your divorce recognized in PH you would have to file for a recognition of divorce. That takes time and money and you would need a Philippines Lawyer. Being that you are legally married in PH there are hoops you will need to jump through and extra steps to take. I am not familiar with all of them but others will hopefully chime in. I think whatever route you go, the CFO will be the biggest hurdle, because that is required by PH and remember, they consider you married still.

Lumping people into one basket or generalizing is often not good to do. But if we want to go that route, often for women, security is very high up on the list and financial security falls into that category. In the PH I have noticed that women truly looking for a future and not for scamming, are looking for for men that are loving, kind and make them feel secure.. Just my personal observation.

Decisions people make in life are a direct reflection of their character. I am sure that if you were honest with yourself, you have many "deal breakers" also. Would you ever have been attracted to a guy that was 4'10" and 250 lbs and served time in prison for molesting children? Maybe his life wasn't easy. We all have our standards and you have no right to suggest that others are wrong for theirs.

Maybe you are just not well suited for a long distance relationship especially someone as far away as SE Asia. I went to the PH 10x before my wife got here. A lot of things you explain are about what you desire and your Ideals. That does not leave much room for a partner's ideals and desires. Do you think you could find a foreign wife by going to her home to USA, and live happily ever after. Every person I know that has a Pinay wife has to take the wife home to visit family at least once every year or 2. Marrying someone from the Philippines will require international travel...Lots of it. Also like I said you need to spend time there and a lot of time talking to understand their culture. If you don't you will not be able to overcome the cultural differences. My wife and I talked 2-3 hours a day, EVERY DAY, for years before she got here. Most husbands and wives that live together don't spend that much time communicating. I think that your thoughts and ideas are very unrealistic. Nothing against you, I just want to share reality.

If she has late registration, she will need her school records, class photos, even a letter or 2 from past teachers. Any doctor or immunization records, baptismal certificate. There is no where where they tell you this, but if she goes to interview with a late registration BC she will be given a 221g for these things. Better to have it all in hand when she goes to interview. This happened to my wife and we received a 221g which delayed the process while we got those records and sent them in.

Unless you are willing to travel, long distance is not for you. If you don't have time to learn the culture in a foreign country, a foreign spouse is not for you. I am living my best life, married to a Pinay for 6 years, started our relationship 12 years ago, 2 children, and happy as can be. I was willing to do the 2 things above.

Maybe preference? I have always preferred Asian women, is there something wrong with having a preference?

Not sure about Texas, but in Hawaii you change your name when you get married with your registration. Here you specify which last name you would like to use. That certificate is your proof of name change. As for anything in the PH you need to do the ROM since the marriage was done in the US.

3 people? Here's what I have done the 10 times I have gone myself. My wife gets transportation from where she lives in Bulacan (private van and driver). I pay about 3000PHP in the beginning and the last time I went it went up to 4k by the last time I was there. He would pick my wife and any other family and friends that wanted to come along and come to the Airport. After I would arrive he would bring us all back to her house. During my stay if we ever had to go to Manila or some place further than I wanted to go on trike, we would just go through him. I am lucky that the trikes where my wife lives are all tall. I see ones in other areas and I would never fit in them either 🙂

From other counties you may have a shot, but I, and most others with knowledge of Philippines and USCIS, would say you have zero chance in getting a tourist visa for your spouse. You can try.

Yes, I guess some people don't take the term "tourist" as literal as the NVC does. Tourist is just that, a tourist. You come, you visit, you leave. There is no such thing as a "come and wait while we approve your other visa" visa.

If she, as a Filipina, gets approved for a tourist visa, while having a pending spousal, please update us here because it would be the first that I've heard of, and I would be looking out my window for flying pigs.

That's correct, but if you are sending money the rate is a tad bit lower, still under $60.