Simple question.

[Regan L 1]

I'm an American my wife is Filipino, shes in the Philippines right now, she has to go to her visa interview in about a week or so. I want her to go and get her cfo certificate and attend the seminar b4 her appointment. Is that ok if she goes b4 her visa interview or are they going to ask her to see her cr1 visa b4 they will let her attend the seminar or stamp her passport with the stamp that says she attended the seminar?

[sjr09 155]

I'm an American my wife is Filipino, shes in the Philippines right now, she has to go to her visa interview in about a week or so. I want her to go and get her cfo certificate and attend the seminar b4 her appointment. Is that ok if she goes b4 her visa interview or are they going to ask her to see her cr1 visa b4 they will let her attend the seminar or stamp her passport with the stamp that says she attended the seminar?

Simple answer, yes. Then she will need to go back for her stamp.

http://www.cfo.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=110&Itemid=791

[Regan L 1]

Simple answer, yes. Then she will need to go back for her stamp.

http://www.cfo.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=110&Itemid=791

lol im sorry but yes to what? i kinda asked two things

[sjr09 155]

CFO has nothing to do with the Visa that's part two of your question(s)

EDIT Please read the link About Commission on Filipinos Overseas

Edited December 3, 2012 by sjr09

[Regan L 1]

CFO has nothing to do with the Visa that's part two of your question(s)

EDIT Please read the link About Commission on Filipinos Overseas

yay, so its ok for her to attend the cfo seminar and get her passport stamped with the cfo stamp b4 her visa interview?

[sjr09 155]

yay, so its ok for her to attend the cfo seminar and get her passport stamped with the cfo stamp b4 her visa interview?

Read

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/402713-simple-question/page__view__findpost__p__5853256

[Regan L 1]

Read

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/402713-simple-question/page__view__findpost__p__5853256

i did, i guess im dumb lol, i dont get how that answers my question, sry about bothering you

[sjr09 155]

i did, i guess im dumb lol, i dont get how that answers my question, sry about bothering you

no need shy!

She can go cfo seminar with out the visa but will need the visa before they 'CFO' will stamp her PI passport

CFO is not related to the US immigrant visa, it’s PI requirement not a US one

Or she can go to the interview after she receives her PI passport US visa is attached, then go do the CFO seminar and her passport will be stamp at that time.

So you can do it in two trips or one you pick.

[Ryan H 3,810]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to Philippines regional forum; topic is about the CFO seminar which is a country specific procedure.

[Hank_ 9,174]

I'm an American my wife is Filipino, shes in the Philippines right now, she has to go to her visa interview in about a week or so. I want her to go and get her cfo certificate and attend the seminar b4 her appointment. Is that ok if she goes b4 her visa interview or are they going to ask her to see her cr1 visa b4 they will let her attend the seminar or stamp her passport with the stamp that says she attended the seminar?

Yes your wife can attend the CFO seminar before the interview they will give her a certificate at that time, she will need to return for the sticker after she has her visa but that only takes about 30 minutes.

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ALL exiting required to attend. There have been changes regarding CFO so for sure read through their website.

Update: Please check the schedule of the counseling session before proceeding to CFO because it is country-specific and the slots are limited only to 15 per session (exception: Tuesday & Thursday mornings there are 30 slots). It is on a first-come-first-serve basis.

CFO Online Registration Form: http://www.cfo.gov.ph/pdf/downloadable%20forms/registrationform.pdf Complete this and print a couple copies to bring to the CFO seminar, it will save you time.

http://www.philembassy.no/sites/default/files/downloads/new_gcp_flyer.pdf

http://www.cfo.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1348:fiancee-spouses-and-other-partners-of-foreign-nationals&catid=140

Required documents & "OTHER DOCUMENTS" they ask for at CFO: copies of; CENOMAR, certified birth certificate, bio page of passport, visa page from passport, pictures together. From USC - bio page of passport, birth certificate, divorce decree (if been married before) are the most common requests. The "other documents" clause can be ANYTHING with those nit-wits at CFO.

** From the Family Code of the Philippines: it's 21-25 years old for advice and 18-21 years old for consent. (Some are posted on VJ that they were not asked for this, yet others have been asked, so be prepared)

Art. 14. In case either or both of the contracting parties, not having been emancipated by a previous marriage, are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, they shall, in addition to the requirements of the preceding articles, exhibit to the local civil registrar, the consent to their marriage of their father, mother, surviving parent or guardian, or persons having legal charge of them, in the order mentioned. Such consent shall be manifested in writing by the interested party, who personally appears before the proper local civil registrar, or in the form of an affidavit made in the presence of two witnesses and attested before any official authorized by law to administer oaths. The personal manifestation shall be recorded in both applications for marriage license, and the affidavit, if one is executed instead, shall be attached to said applications. (61a)

Art. 15. Any contracting party between the age of twenty-one and twenty-five shall be obliged to ask their parents or guardian for advice upon the intended marriage. If they do not obtain such advice, or if it be unfavorable, the marriage license shall not be issued till after three months following the completion of the publication of the application therefor.A sworn statement by the contracting parties to the effect that such advice has been sought,together with the written advice given, if any, shall be attached to the application for marriage license. Should the parents or guardian refuse to give any advice, this fact shall be stated in the sworn statement.