Question: CENOMAR (Certificate of No Marriage) or Singleness

[ShokoySirena 0]

I am confused Please help

My fiance is Filipina, divorced from her Japanese husband. We've already submitted our I129F and we are going through the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. We already have her Divorce Decree and Report of Divorce from Philippine Embassy Tokyo, and we are currently in the process of amending her passport back to her surname.

My question is, do we still need a CENOMAR (Certificate of No Marriage) or "Singleness" as some might call it, if we are going through U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. I just want to make sure because from what I've researched so far, all we need from the Philippines are her Birth Certificate issued by NSO Santa Mesa, Marriage certificate issued by NSO and NBI clearance.

And if we do need it going through Tokyo, what is the procedure for obtaining one?

Edited August 29, 2008 by riceisgood23

[janessnroland 0]

I thought that CENOMAR was for women who have never been married. Once u get married...cenomar no longer applies.....

[richo 0]

As what I said in your other post..I guess if the marriage was done outside the philppines and the marriage was not reported in NSO (national statistics office) i dont think there will be a record and so she can still have CENOMAR inthe philippines. But it looks like she reported it in the philippine embassy in tokyo and have her surname change to her ex-husband's surname then there's a problem. If they got married in tokyo then the law will apply there, if there's divorce in tokyo then a divorce decree is needed. Have she tried getting CENOMAR in NSO philippines though?

Edited August 30, 2008 by richo