CFO Certificate

[OCCmarine 2]

Do CFO certificates have an expiration date? Also, can a CFO certificate be used more than once? My fiancee still has her CFO certificate from when she went to Japan for her first marriage. Can she use that same certificate to get a new sticker after she renews her passport? Is there anything on the certificate that indicates that it is for travel to a specific country or do they all look the same?

[redvelvet 12]

Your fiancee needs to get new certficate since the first one she got was for her first marriage. The country of destination is printed on the certificate.

[Tahoma 2,291]

Your fiancee needs to get new certficate since the first one she got was for her first marriage. The country of destination is printed on the certificate.

Yes, the destination country is printed on the CFO Guidance and Counseling Certificate as well as the CFO sticker. However, I have not seen anything on the CFO website that answers the OP's question, nor have I seen anyone here on VJ ask the same question as the OP.

I wonder what country is printed on the certificate and on the sticker of those who amend their passports to their married name and who plan on living in the Philippines.

OP...You might want to visit the CFO and ask them your question.

[OCCmarine 2]

Ok. Thanks for the info. I'll have my fiancee go check with CFO. Fortunately, we have plenty of time to see if she needs to do it again. We are only about a month and a half into waiting for the 129f.

[RonnieKris 26]

The CFO is different for each country. The instructions given has a lot to do with 'what to do if' and that can be different for each country. We recently had a friend tell us she called 911 because she didn't know how to turn up the heat in the house. Her husband was not available to instruct her, and she remembered the CFO told her in emergency in US call 911. She was cold.. Funny story, but that stuck in her mind. Different countries have different rules about dress, emergency etc..

[Tahoma 2,291]

VJ member Pedrito Papa recently reported that his wife got a CFO sticker in her passport in 1995 in order to live in Japan. Since she didn't have the old passport anymore, and she didn't have the old CFO sticker in her new passport, and they wanted to go to the U.S., she went to the CFO and explained the situaion, the CFO found their record of her sticker, and they allowed her to file for a new one. So, maybe it's true that you only need to complete the CFO seminar one time.

[Bayareaguy 156]

That should be how it is....no double dipping by the CFO

[Tahoma 2,291]

That should be how it is....no double dipping by the CFO

I think Pedrito Papa had to pay a double-dipping P400 revalidation fee.