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Question about CFO and renewal of the passport

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OneSoulMate Apprentice

OneSoulMate   2

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The old passport has a CFO (Commission of Filipinos Overseas) certificate stapled to it.

We renewed the passport so that her new name appears on it. As far as I can tell there is no CFO sticker/mark/stamp/certificate anywhere.

What happens with the CFO certificate? Is it marked on the new passport somewhere? Does she need to go through that course again?? At the airport, do they just look at the Green Card? How does this work?

I-129F

Sent to the Texas office, forwarded to the California office.

Dec 19th, 2011 - NOA1

May 24th, 2012 - NOA2 (161 days, no RFE's)

NVC

June 27th, 2012 - Received (34 days)

June 27th, 2012 - Case#

July 2nd, 2012 - Shipped out

July 9th, 2012 - Received letter from NVC (dated July 3rd, postmarked July 6th.)

July 30th, 2012 - Received letter from the Minila Embassy sent to the U.S. Letter was Dated July 13th, 2012 and Post Marked July 26th, 2012

Medical:

July 6th, 2012 - Day 1

July 9th, 2012 - Day 2 (Approved)

Interview

July 19th, 2012 (Administrative Processing - Requested a new copy of the CENOMAR)

Aug 10th, 2012 Approved. (Embassy was closed for 4 days due to flooding)

CFO

Aug 16th, 2012 - Passed. Got the sticker.

POE

Aug 27th, 2012 - Everything went well.

Wedding

Oct 13th, 2012

sld Collaborator

sld   5

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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We are interested too. We will change my wife's passport in 2015. That's when we will update her name.

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USCIS (78 Days)
11/06/2012- Filed I-130 through Congressman
11/08/2012- USCIS Received date/ Priority date
11/14/2012- NOA1 Hardcopy sent
01/25/2013- NOA 2: APPROVED Letter sent(on-line verified)
02/01/2013- Hard copy NOA2 received@1406 hrs
NVC (30 Days)
02/04/2013- NVC Received
02/21/2013- NVC Case Number (MNL2013-xx-xxxx)
02/21/2013- Sent DS-3032 emailed
02/25/2013- Received/Paid I-864 Bill
02/26/2013- I-864 Showing PAID
02/28/2013-Return Completed I-864 and DS-230
03/01/2013- Confirmation of Completed DS-3032
03/01/2013-Received IV Bill
03/06/2013-IV BILL Paid correctly
03/06/2013-CASE COMPLETED AT NVC
03/07/2013-IV BILL SHOWING PAID!
03/12/2013 Completed case sent to US Embassy Manila
Embassy (28 Days)
03/14/2013-Embassy Received
03/19/2013-Medical Completed
04/03/2013-Interview & Result, PASSED!
04/04/2012-CFO
04/10/2013-Visa Issued
04/11/2013-VIsa/Passport picked up@MOA/CFO Sticker/Flight
04/11/2013-POE-Hawaii and HOME!

04/30/2013- Green Card arrived

05/05/2013-State ID issued

4/18/2016 N-400 mailed

Hank_ Grand Master

Hank_   9,174

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The old passport has a CFO (Commission of Filipinos Overseas) certificate stapled to it.

We renewed the passport so that her new name appears on it. As far as I can tell there is no CFO sticker/mark/stamp/certificate anywhere.

What happens with the CFO certificate? Is it marked on the new passport somewhere? Does she need to go through that course again?? At the airport, do they just look at the Green Card? How does this work?

Don't need the CFO sticker, that is for those immigrating from the Philippines (your wife has - been there, done that smile.png ), your wife only needs to show her green card and all is fine.

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DavenRoxy Experienced

DavenRoxy   1,073

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Don't need the CFO sticker, that is for those immigrating from the Philippines (your wife has - been there, done that smile.png ), your wife only needs to show her green card and all is fine.

What Hank said. It's old news now. BUT... when we were in the PI in October, one of the ticket agents tried to tell us she had to have it to leave the PI. I politely told her, "No, she did that already. She is now traveling on her PI passport and her US GC, therefore it is not needed." Took a minute, but we got over that hurdle.

Then the agent tried to tell us she could not travel to Korea without onward itinerary to the US. I told her we were going to buy said ticket in Korea after we arrived (she had a 30-day visa in her passport; without the passport, onward ticket IS required to travel to Korea). I had to say that about 5 times before she finally gave up and issued my wife her ticket (which we had bought in Korea previously, it was the return portion of a round-trip from Korea to PI and back to Korea).

My point is, even though you learn stuff here that is (usually) correct, that does not mean everyone in the PI will know it too. Sometimes you have to be firm with them. Just gotta make SURE you're korek, of course!

OneSoulMate Apprentice

OneSoulMate   2

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Thanks for the replies. We will keep that in mind when traveling. No matter where you go in this world you will always run into officials that have the wrong information and in those cases it doesn't matter how right you are. I like the idea of bringing the old passport just in case.

I-129F

Sent to the Texas office, forwarded to the California office.

Dec 19th, 2011 - NOA1

May 24th, 2012 - NOA2 (161 days, no RFE's)

NVC

June 27th, 2012 - Received (34 days)

June 27th, 2012 - Case#

July 2nd, 2012 - Shipped out

July 9th, 2012 - Received letter from NVC (dated July 3rd, postmarked July 6th.)

July 30th, 2012 - Received letter from the Minila Embassy sent to the U.S. Letter was Dated July 13th, 2012 and Post Marked July 26th, 2012

Medical:

July 6th, 2012 - Day 1

July 9th, 2012 - Day 2 (Approved)

Interview

July 19th, 2012 (Administrative Processing - Requested a new copy of the CENOMAR)

Aug 10th, 2012 Approved. (Embassy was closed for 4 days due to flooding)

CFO

Aug 16th, 2012 - Passed. Got the sticker.

POE

Aug 27th, 2012 - Everything went well.

Wedding

Oct 13th, 2012

 
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