Need to take a class to come from the phils

[southatl 0]

There is a seminar you are required to take before you can leave the Philippines and go abroad. It is about informing you on your rights abroad. You must take this seminar or they will not allow you to fly out of manila. Found this out the hard way, my girl did not attend the class. I never seen any mention of it in all the visa papers i filed for my fiancee. When you go for your interview at the consulate, ask about it.

[magdasal 19]

There is a seminar you are required to take before you can leave the Philippines and go abroad. It is about informing you on your rights abroad. You must take this seminar or they will not allow you to fly out of manila. Found this out the hard way, my girl did not attend the class. I never seen any mention of it in all the visa papers i filed for my fiancee. When you go for your interview at the consulate, ask about it.

Yeah, it's called the CFO Seminar and your filipina significant other will need to get a CFO stamp on her passport to leave the country. It's a requirement of the Philippines Government, not the US, so you won't see anything about it in any of the visa application documents or requirements. Actually, unless your intended already has a passport, she will not be able to get one without attending this seminar. But for those who already have a passport, it may not be readily apparent.

Edited September 6, 2010 by magdasal

[magdasal 19]

Yeah, it's called the CFO Seminar and your filipina significant other will need to get a CFO stamp on her passport to leave the country. It's a requirement of the Philippines Government, not the US, so you won't see anything about it in any of the visa application documents or requirements. Actually, unless your intended already has a passport, she will not be able to get one without attending this seminar. But for those who already have a passport, it may not be readily apparent.

Here is the official website for the CFO:

Philippine Govt CFO Website

[Inky 1,111]

People posted in your other thread about the CFO ceminar! I see posts about the CFO ceminar all the time on VJ and im not even philipines, theres a wide knowledge about it on the website and in their regional section.

[brownskinned 5]

There is a seminar you are required to take before you can leave the Philippines and go abroad. It is about informing you on your rights abroad. You must take this seminar or they will not allow you to fly out of manila. Found this out the hard way, my girl did not attend the class. I never seen any mention of it in all the visa papers i filed for my fiancee. When you go for your interview at the consulate, ask about it.

I'm about to take the CFO seminar. It was instructed on the packet along with the visa (from US Embassy), that before leaving the Philippines, one should take that seminar (Phil. Gov Mandate only).

[Joan >3 Bob 20]

Word of advice from personal experience:

DO NOT go to PRISM on Taft Avenue.

Go to ST. Marys.

This will save you much time. Bring everything you took to the Embassy interview to be safe as the CFO people have been known to require things like copies of your BF divorce decree or anything else they want, even if you have already provided same at Embassy interiew.

Justin Case