Name change in the Philippines to avoid detection of marriage?

[I'm Gone 60]

Even if this is true, it would take fraud on a grand scale. How do you get a passport, NBI clearance and NSO birth certificate on someone that has no history and I'm sure the embassy has some way to check if documents are fakes.

[RiggerAF 0]

Right, there might be a legal process for it but it sucks that they have to do it just to pass from immigration and annulment issues.

[Ken_Maria 0]

I just heard of the case of a legally woman in the Philippines changing her legal name so she could get a K1 VISA. She didn't want to wait for an annulment which can take a year or two. By changing her name, she is shown as unmarried in records so she get a Certificate of Non-marriage and can get a K1 VISA. How can she get away with this? #######, isn't there a place on the USCIS forms for "other names used"? If her fiance knows about the previous name and lies on the forms can't he be in legal trouble well beyond the denial of the petition and VISA? If it was this easy, why don't all married women in the Phils do this rather than waiting for the annulment? #######, huh?

This sounds like another rumor or urban lagend in the Philippines. Like AFRigger stated, it is very easy to get fake documents and it happens all the time when people with a shady past gets a passport. I am sure this is not the first time the Embassy or NBI has heard of this and have procedures to check people with late registrations for BCs. If not, beginning a relationship on such false pretenses is not the best way to start out a marriage. Patato

[RiggerAF 0]

This isn't happening in Philippines only, but this is happening all over the world. If you have shady background then you can use your money to get what you want. The thing is, what kind of relationship it is going to be? If they love each other they are willing to wait than doing process like it and get caught. :wistle:

[felnfrank 0]

precisely!

[garya505 2]

Ya, sounds like mess to me, if it's true at all.