Applying for DCF

[way2hota 0]

I'm a dual citizen going to school here in the Philippines. Married as of last april. I want to apply for a DCF for my wife and an IR-2 for her son (step son of mine)

How long would the DCF take and the IR-2?

There is a problem though, her son's biological father had abandoned them (They were never married) and the sons last name (surname) is of his biological father. How does that work when applying for an IR-2?

Thanks for any help y'all

[amanda1005 2]

Hi sorry...How do I post here?I can only put comment but I can't post

[Hank_ 9,171]

I'm a dual citizen going to school here in the Philippines. Married as of last april. I want to apply for a DCF for my wife and an IR-2 for her son (step son of mine)

How long would the DCF take and the IR-2?

There is a problem though, her son's biological father had abandoned them (They were never married) and the sons last name (surname) is of his biological father. How does that work when applying for an IR-2?

Thanks for any help y'all

You need to contact USCIS at the embassy.

http://manila.usembassy.gov/uscisappointment.html

As for the biological father... no one cares, the mother has sole custody of the child.

[way2hota 0]

Hank I really appreciate your reply. I will set an appointment using the infopass for USCIS here in manila. They do list a 1800 number that may provide information so I'll try there as well. Now I forgot to mention something in my first post and I'm hoping you'll be able to shed some light on this. My wife had an error on her Birth Certificate which indicates gender as "Male" Obviously this is wrong since we have a son now. Ha Ha. But how do I get around this? According to the DFA who issues her a passport which indicates she is "Female" they informed her she would need to have it formally changed before getting a passport renewal for her "Philippine Passport" Does she need to renew this passport and what happens when they see her birth certificate indicates "male"?

Thanks Hank

[Hank_ 9,171]

I don't know the process for making a correction to the passport, I did read that the Philippines recently changed the laws to make it easier and quicker to do those corrections.

[way2hota 0]

-Edit- Found it: http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2012/08/25/841870/civil-registrars-can-now-correct-errors-birth-certificates-without-court

Thank you for the heads up!

Do you have a reference by chance? I'll edit if I find it. Cheers Hank

I don't know the process for making a correction to the passport, I did read that the Philippines recently changed the laws to make it easier and quicker to do those corrections.

Edited May 19, 2013 by way2hota

[Hank_ 9,171]

Post a new topic about changing the BC, there have been a few as of late doing this.

[apple21 953]

Have the BC corrected first (at the Local Civil Registry, where her birth was recorded). After she gets the annotated NSO BC then she can proceed with renewing her passport into her married name. She would need to present the NSO marriage certificate to do the name change.