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[teonshine 0]

[/size]my fiance is 18, but she is from Philippines. Her family never registered her birth till 2005. When they did her sister filled out the form put down wrong birthday. She put 1992 instead of 1990. This is now offical with nso. This also only makes her 16. Needless to say i am quiet a bit older than her. I live in New York and it is legal to marry at 16 here with parents permission. I know that this is not a problem. My problem i want to know about is can i still apply for fiance visa for her since now she is listed as only 16 going 17? Please help.

[Gary and Alla 3,696]

[/size]my fiance is 18, but she is from Philippines. Her family never registered her birth till 2005. When they did her sister filled out the form put down wrong birthday. She put 1992 instead of 1990. This is now offical with nso. This also only makes her 16. Needless to say i am quiet a bit older than her. I live in New York and it is legal to marry at 16 here with parents permission. I know that this is not a problem. My problem i want to know about is can i still apply for fiance visa for her since now she is listed as only 16 going 17? Please help.

There is no specific age mentioned in the procedure. You must be leaglly able to marry. And you must show that. If you intend to marry a 16 year old in New York, you must have her parents permission. If I am not mistaken, Phillipines requires parents permission of your fiancee to leave the country (or get married) if under age 21. All necessary documents must be submitted with the petition

[dale_trisha 3]

The issue will not be in NY but rather getting through CFO in the Philippines since she is not 18 by the BirthCertificate. It would be a long road but you might want to pursue getting the birth cert changed.

[teonshine 0]

thank you for the information. could you please tell me what CFO is. and what i my need to do for this?

[jsnearline 2]

Commission on Filipinos Overseas is a part of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Any Filipino K1 should be familiar with them. The CFO has a mandatory seminar that all K1s must take before being allowed to leave the country.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Would it not be simpler for her family to correct her records in the PI first?

Birth certificate follows you around for, well, life.

[jsnearline 2]

My wife has a friend in a similar situation. The friend cannot even apply for a visa because the birth cert doesn't match the information on other records. She'll need to get the certificate corrected, which is not an easy thing to do in the Philippines apparently, but she really doesn't have a choice.

Edited May 12, 2009 by jsnearline

[Hell0W0rld 10]

if you don't get that birthday fixed, 16 and 17 is kinda too young to marry, don't you think? in the states, she would still be in high school, probably 10th or 11th grade?

[dale_trisha 3]

As an earlier posted CFO is required. Your fiancee will not be allowed to leave the philippines without a stamp from CFO that goes into her passport. So you have 2 options. Wait until she is 18 by the BC or get the BC corrected. Not great news either way.

[DEDixon 39]

Wow, how do you know for sure she isn't really 16.... really no way to tell so just consider her 16 and do what is needed to marry a 16 year old.

[Hell0W0rld 10]

Wow, how do you know for sure she isn't really 16.... really no way to tell so just consider her 16 and do what is needed to marry a 16 year old.

yep...

[subguy812 1]

I would definetly work on that Birth Certificate...that will not go away.

[Ed+Cindy 1]

Wow, how do you know for sure she isn't really 16.... really no way to tell so just consider her 16 and do what is needed to marry a 16 year old.

I agree here. No way to know.

[MarPhee 1]

[/size]my fiance is 18, but she is from Philippines. Her family never registered her birth till 2005. When they did her sister filled out the form put down wrong birthday. She put 1992 instead of 1990. This is now offical with nso. This also only makes her 16. Needless to say i am quiet a bit older than her. I live in New York and it is legal to marry at 16 here with parents permission. I know that this is not a problem. My problem i want to know about is can i still apply for fiance visa for her since now she is listed as only 16 going 17? Please help.

i would suggest to have your fiancee's BC corrected because NSO is a record keeper of Local Registrar... so meaning she should go to the Local Registrar and try to check what is her original birthdate and if it is 1992 then she should change it to 1992... all she needs to do is to go her place go to their local registrar then tell the case... show the NSO paper and the head of the registrar will advice on what to do. the local registrar can make a letter to NSO to have it changed just that your fiancee needs to request or petition it from NSO with the correct birthdate... plus attached all documents that will supplement the correct Birthdate. It will take like 3-6 months for the approval with the annotated NSO BC. there are also fees for that. God Luck

[Dakine 26]

[/size]my fiance is 18, but she is from Philippines. Her family never registered her birth till 2005. When they did her sister filled out the form put down wrong birthday. She put 1992 instead of 1990. This is now offical with nso. This also only makes her 16. Needless to say i am quiet a bit older than her. I live in New York and it is legal to marry at 16 here with parents permission. I know that this is not a problem. My problem i want to know about is can i still apply for fiance visa for her since now she is listed as only 16 going 17? Please help.

How old are you?