CFO........... Commission on Filipinos Overseas...

One thing I've learnt here in the Philippines is never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

There are always just too many things that can go awry to raise the risks beyond acceptable.

Of course if there's really no choice then there's no really choice.

I have a passport but still has my maiden name. My wedding is schedule on feb 4. Can i get the cfo before updating the passport or should i do it after the wedding once i have the marriage contract? Thanks. And once u submit the application, should i give the updated passport with my married name?

We married last year in the Philippines and my wife used her passport with her previous married name on it still in date (she was a widow) for the application process for the cfo and to travel to the uk she kept her marriage certificate and late husbands death certificate with her at all times with the passport and all went well.Now settled in the UK
We will update her passport near its expiry date.

Good luck with the wedding and the application

So i can get cfo now and still use my current passport on my application?for the marriage contract did u get the nso certified after a few weeks or u waited for 6 months?can i use the one That is register in the city or have to wait for nso copy for the application

the cfo is got after you get your visa and from the visa valid date once you have attended the seminar,


marry (we waited 10 days after the wedding for our certificate and nso)
apply for visa (make sure you have all required documents, photos of you and your husband together and with family, passed your english test)
once visa has been obtained do the TB screening and cfo
travel.
My wife did the english test while waiting for the wedding it has to be booked at an approved centre
1.Hard copy electronic application (when able to draw off as per the electronic system)
2. Marriage certificate
3.Birth certificates
4.Death certificate
5.Divorce absolute
6.TB clearance
7. Cenomar Juby
8.Police clearance
9. Barangay Clearance
10 Cedula document
11. Contract of employment previous employer (left feb this year)
12.Reference letter previous employer
13.Contract of employment current employer
14.Reference letter current employer
15 Copy of driving licence
16 Sponsorship undertakings
17.Letters from family members supporting application

Contents finance section
1.Completed vaf 4a (completed in black ink)
2.Mortgage confirmation letter
3.Mortgage statement 2013/14
4.Mortgage statement 2014/15
5.Home Insurance 2015/16 policy
6.Pictures of house
7.Council tax bill 2014/15
8 Council tax bill 2015/16
9. Water bill
10.Electric /gas bill
11.P60 2013/14
12P60 2014/15
13.Shop direct pension P60 2014/15 (private pension, info only not required to meet the financial requirement
14.GRE P60 2014/15 (as Shop direct above)
15.Payslip week 52 2014/15 to tally with P60 above on year to date earnings
16.Week 46 and 47 different employers wage slips (shows continuity of employment)
17.Latest payslip (at the time will e mail most current pay slip prior to documents going in)

Social section contents
1.overall photos all visits travel etc
2.visit 1 photos
3.visit 2 photos
4 visit 3 photos including wedding
5.our sight seeing and my travel visit photos
6.Gifts photos
7.various e mails
8.various skype
9.various facebook
10 airline tickets stubs confirmation etc
11 various receipts from days out gifts etc

can you clarify re; TB screening after the visa has been obtained ? got me confused

i'm now totally lost.

i thought a TB cert was essential as part of the visa application.

sorry to mislead the TB screening is part of the application I was confusing our timeline with cfo attendance apoligies

Oops. Had forgotten about the CFO. I didn't think it was essential for an EEA Family Permit. It is! Thanks to KeithAngel for putting me on to this.

I'm telling my wife to say when they ask her "Have you seen what he is like when he is grumpy?":

"Yeah. He starts shaking and he turns green. Shamrocks burst out of his ears, and he starts saying Akong ilong kai cathol* ...can I have the special sticker I need to get on the metal bird already?"



* The only Vissayan I can speak to date. Apart from Juicecoloured!

Ok, quick question, can anyone help?

Should the little sticker be issued for Ireland, my nationality, or the UK, where we will be flying to and living?

My wife tells me that she had to undertake the CFO seminar before applying for a passport in her married name. I think it better to travel to the UK on a passport in your married name as that ensures your Biometric Residence Permit will also be in your married name.

No nuns in manila thank the lord lol

I wouldnt worry about the name thing Howard especialy if it didnt fit with time dependent plans the Biometrics can be sorted at a later date after the renewal just need to keep both passports

and UK Andy

Ok. UK. Definitely not Portugal

My wife attended CFO in her previous name as thats whats on her current passport didnt change the passport to travel to the UK just kept marriage certificate with her travel documents at all times, no issues encountered same applies looking for a job in the UK and opening a bank account all successfully done

Or maybe Portugal for a holiday

OK, for anyone who married abroad, like Hong Kong, then wife returned to Ph:

Was the Report of Marriage document looked at by anyone? It is a requirement for the CFO and you are given it when you register your marriage at the Ph embassy. However, what you need and what they look at maybe are two different things... Sometimes...

Hi i would like to ask, did ur daughter also attended the seminar? And how will reegister my daughter to get a sticker, do i have to book her an appointment too?

when you attend the CFO if your visa is valid by date ie visa commences 25th January 2016 and you are attending on tuesday the 26th they will stamp it at the CFO I assume they will register your daughter by proxy as she is under 12 at the same time