Remarriage in Philippines

[Frider 7]

Hello,

I am a US citizen who was married to a Filipina in the Philippines in 1991 and divorced in the US in 2012. 

We were both US citizens at the time the divorce was finalized.

I now have a girlfriend in the Philippines and we are considering marriage.

 

I have read some information on obtaining a marriage license in the Philippines that states a Foreign National formerly married to a Filipino, needs to submit Judicial Recognition of the absolute decree of divorce obtained abroad of her/his previous marriage (see below):

 

I am trying to determine which is easier, less expensive and less time consuming:

1) to get remarried in the Philippines and obtain a spouse visa, or

2) to obtain a finance visa and get married in the US.

Is there someone out there who can advise?

[rhein 451]

I honestly don't know what's involved in getting it sorted for marriage in the Philippines under this fact pattern. My gut tells me that the less you have to deal with Filipino bureaucracy, the faster it will be and the less stressed you'll both be. Off the top of my head, I'd suggest going the fiancee route. 

[Chris Duffy 1,256]

I would just do a K1 visa, and you don't have to worry about all the Philippines red tape headaches.

 

 

[Greenbaum 12,258]

K1 will certainly be easier and less paperwork and running around to worship the Filipino gods.

[Hank_ 9,171]

9 hours ago, Frider said:

Hello,

I am a US citizen who was married to a Filipina in the Philippines in 1991 and divorced in the US in 2012. 

We were both US citizens at the time the divorce was finalized.

I now have a girlfriend in the Philippines and we are considering marriage.

 

I have read some information on obtaining a marriage license in the Philippines that states a Foreign National formerly married to a Filipino, needs to submit Judicial Recognition of the absolute decree of divorce obtained abroad of her/his previous marriage (see below):

 

I am trying to determine which is easier, less expensive and less time consuming:

1) to get remarried in the Philippines and obtain a spouse visa, or

2) to obtain a finance visa and get married in the US.

Is there someone out there who can advise?

The Judicial Recognition is a court process ... take both time & money to complete.

 

If you go with the K-1 fiancee visa you don't need the Judicial Recognition .. with the IR/CR-1 spousal visa you would need the Judicial Recognition.    Plus the K-1 is much quicker to complete.    

[Frider 7]

Ok thank you all for your replies.

I misspelled fiance - finance

sorry for the typo

Edited December 29, 2017 by Frider

[Hank_ 9,171]

1 hour ago, Frider said:

Ok thank you all for your replies.

I misspelled fiance - finance

sorry for the typo

As you move through the visa process .. sometimes it seems like they mean the same though