hi all hopefully il get some good info from this site i plan to get married in the Philippines in june
Hi and , What info are you looking for? Tell us something about your situation and ask some questions.
As it stands at the moment i leave for kalibo in june so i am waiting til a closer time so i can get a cert of no impediment as i know its only valid for 3 months i know i might have to get it changed over there to a CENOMAR i see a notary next week to get notarized i have my divorce papers from previous marriage new passport ive been told by Embassy of the Philippines to apply in may for a year visa i have visa form (fa form 2a) i was also told to take with me paper part of driving license im not sure if i need anything else ?
Welcome to the site Christopher Looks like you've done some research.. I am heading to the Philippines in a couple of days to do exactly that - get Married I will be blogging everything out on this site as I go. Make sure a few weeks before you go that you book an appointment with the British Embassy in advance. And when you go there, dress up instead of down.. Shorts and a T-shirt could cost you another hour or so in line (from what I have been told).
Yes that's right Sean, all the Embassies are like that, actually the Philippine embassy and other Philippine government offices are particular sticklers for that kind of thing. The British Embassy waiting area in the new embassy building is pretty small, they have from memory I think one glass partitioned interview room (I was in that ) and about space for 3 lots of people to be served at the main desk plus seating for maybe 10 or 12 people, very reminiscent of a UK Social Security office of old When I went there for Janna's passport they were not too bad about seeing us quickly, you need to watch though as I think all the things you might want to do at the Embassy are only handled in the mornings and only on certain days of the week. Oh and from where you will be staying Sean it can take up to an hour to get there if the traffic is really bad, maybe only 30 minutes if you are lucky, saying that the traffic is always bad in Manila, also when you are going to the embassy try not to take any valuables with you as they will have to be left at the gate, like cellphones, camera's and so on, you will also have to leave ID at the gate as will Joy if she is accompanying you.
Welcome aboard Christopher............ I am starting to get some perverse pleasure at seeing a long queue of lambs going to the slaughter........:vhappy: Jokes aside............ If you need any hints on anything, most of us will be able to help based on our experience.
Chris (hope you don't mind me being more informal) Remember to keep all air tickets, hotel receipts, chat logs/emails etc. and photos (some with her family) as these will be very useful when your new wife will apply for a spousal visa. This is all "evidence of relationship" which the ECO at the British Embassy will need to check over
ahhh ok all save all the photo's. i will not be staying at a hotel i will be staying with my fiance and her family i know they will want to see my hotel reservation ive been told i can get round this with a letter/invite by my fiance and her family is this true ?
I would be surprised at them demanding to see hotel reservations, I haven't stayed in a hotel over there for nearly the full seven years, apart from when we travelled together for a short break over there. I would have thought it would stand you in better stead having been invited to stay with family, so yes get an invite, our lot over here in the UK demand invite letters if we want to sponsor a foreigner even a well off foreigner, my friend had recently to supply house deeds when his son's in-laws came to visit from the Phils recently and the in-laws are a pretty well off family.
ok thx for the advice i read in the forum that to bring someone back to live you must have money in the bank enough to support my wife and a dependents and regular money coming and bank statements stamped by the bank. how much would i need in the bank for them to be ok with ? sorry for asking so many questions
ok thx for the advice i read in the forum that to bring someone back to live you must have money in the bank enough to support my wife and a dependents and regular money coming and bank statements stamped by the bank. how much would i need in the bank for them to be ok with ? sorry for asking so many questions
. What dependant are you talking about, if I may enquire....??? All you need is a regular income, with about a couple of hundred pounds spare each month. Absolutely no overdrafts showing anywhere on the six months worth of bank statements if possible. Regular bank statements, or prints from online banking are well accepted as far as i know. As a rule of thumb, you should have at least 2k in a saving account, or building society, but people have been passed with less....... And being on benefits........ So............. You can draw your own conclusions, really.... No problem, keep asking as and when..... One day your turn may come to help some newbie with your, by then, vast experience, aquired the hard way.......
I am still wondering what the paper part of your driving licence has got to do with anything, apart from collecting points....
