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6 hours ago, top_secret said:

The US will accept the divorce decree without it being recognized in the Philippines.  If the Philippines still considers you married then your NBI Clearances will stay as married.  US Embassy Manila is known to accept incorrect marital status on a NBI Clearance with concrete proof of why it incorrect.  IE, divorce decree. Your former husband's surname on your NBI Clearance seemingly completes the list of possible name combinations you may have, so if there are no corrections, annotations, or any other alternate names on any of your documents you shouldn't need an AKA. The embassies website is not quite clear on why an AKA might be required.  The example above seems fine as is.  The embassy will also accept your Advisory on Marriages incorrectly showing you as married in combination with the US divorce decree.  They know about that marriage but they still want to see that there are no other marriages they don't know about.  CFO might or might not give you a hard time about it.  But the worst they can do hassle you or make up some extra requirements.  In the end they still  have to let you go.

This I could say the best response I got regarding my situation. Thank you so very much for taking the time shedding light on my inquiry. This made me feel much better and confident. 

I have read success stories posts from other people with the same situation as mine however wasn’t able to get a concrete explanation how they did it (NBI stuff) due to the post being outdated.

I was so worried about getting a 221g so I got the same NBI above and another with my married name as an AKA (thankfully staff was kind enough to give without 221g letter from USEM). Is it okay? In case consul didn’t like the other 😅

Thanks for your response! The previous marriage took place in the Philippines 2012. Then my ex-husband filed a CR1 that was cancelled due to some marital issues on 2015/2016 something divorced on 2021. 

Good day! 

I am a Filipina, was married and then divorced by my USC ex-husband in 2021. I have a certified true copy of our divorce decree from Indiana and did not file a recognition of foreign divorce in the Philippines.

My current fiancé is a US citizen too and we were approved for a K1 visa on 05/08/2024. Now I have a few questions about the next steps.

1. NBI

The NBI below is what I used for employment which reflects my complete maiden name and my ex-husband's surname.  Should I use the maiden or married name for AKA? One of the requirements is obtaining an NBI with AKA according to the travelstate.gov website.

Civil status - do I use married or divorced for obtaining a new NBI? I assume Married since we don't have a divorce in PH.

2. CFO - Will the CFO look for foreign recognition of divorce? I have read on forums from people with similar situations as mine and they were able to get a clearance and are now married in the US (they begged and luckily some officers are considerate).

3. Anyone here who had a similar situation and would kindly share your experience and insights on what to do/expect? 🙂