kawika69

Okay, so I have a rather long and drawn-out question. I was married in the Philippines in 2012. After 8 years of marriage we divorced (In the US) after having two beautiful children. I understand there is no such thing as divorce in the Philippines, as a matter of fact I have learned that there are only two places in the world that do not recognize foreign divorce, one being the Philippines and the other being Vatican City surprise, surprise! So I have found an attorney in the Philippines that will provide this service for 180,000 php at it will "only take about a year." I just re-read the law, and I quote verbatim: "There is no divorce in the Philippines, BUT when a divorce is validly obtained ABROAD and 1.) initiated by the FOREIGN SPOUSE, 2.) the FILIPINO SPOUSE shall have the capacity to remarry under Philippine law. After reading this I just realized that the Attorney is attempting to take me for a very expensive ride I don't need to take based upon the following reasons: 1.) The divorce was NOT INITIATED by me, the evil American spouse, on the contrary the Filipino sued me for divorce. 2.) THE FILIPINO SPOUSE shall have the capacity to remarry? I am the one who want's to remarry, not her. (I will never get married in the Philippines again, that's for sure!) So it looks to me that I can remarry a Filipina. (I was planning on a UTAH on-line marriage anyway. Totally legal process.) I was going to marry her while I am there with her in April via zoom wedding with the Utah license officiant online also. Utah will then issue a marriage certificate and I can begin the SPOUSAL VISA process. The only problem I can foresee is the CFO bull, and I hope they can't stop her from coming to the US. I think the attorneys are just trying to con me out of 180,000 php. What do you think? Anyone have personal experience with this? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Mahalo, David O