Passport For Child In Philippines (Red Ribbon Letter)

[zimzim2012 2]

Hi,

My wife and I were recently married in June (K-1 visa). We are having a problem with the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Philippines regarding getting a passport for my wife's minor son.

We went to the Consulate of the Philippines in New York to change the name on her passport to her married name, report the marriage in the Philippines and get a "red ribbon letter" from my wife that gives special power of attorney to her mother with affidavit of support and consent to travel. The letter and affidavit are in my wife's married name and the consular officer approved it.

Now the DFA is giving her mother a problem, saying that since there is no record of the marriage and change of my wife's name yet at NSO the "red ribbon letter" in her married name is unacceptable. The woman said the red ribbon letter should have been in my wife's maiden name. So why did the consular officer sign off on a letter and affidavit that would not be accepted at DFA in Manila? We also provided her mother with an original marriage certificate to show the name change (married in USA). Does anyone know if this is really correct? I ask because, having been to the Philippines, chaos is the rule and if you asked 3 different Filipinos the same question you would get 3 different answers.

Also, my wife's AOS case is in initial review but she has received her combo card with advance parole. She is thinking of just going to the Philippines to get his passport and bring him back after the K-2 interview. Two questions: (1) She arrived in U.S.A. on April 2, 2013 so the I-129F petition is good until April 2, 2014? (2) She was out of status for 40 something days, is there any danger in her traveling to the Philippines with advance parole to get her son.

Really confused and frustrated about what to do now. Thank you for your help.

[merkin&regine 18]

Hi,

My wife and I were recently married in June (K-1 visa). We are having a problem with the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Philippines regarding getting a passport for my wife's minor son.

We went to the Consulate of the Philippines in New York to change the name on her passport to her married name, report the marriage in the Philippines and get a "red ribbon letter" from my wife that gives special power of attorney to her mother with affidavit of support and consent to travel. The letter and affidavit are in my wife's married name and the consular officer approved it.

Now the DFA is giving her mother a problem, saying that since there is no record of the marriage and change of my wife's name yet at NSO the "red ribbon letter" in her married name is unacceptable. The woman said the red ribbon letter should have been in my wife's maiden name. So why did the consular officer sign off on a letter and affidavit that would not be accepted at DFA in Manila? We also provided her mother with an original marriage certificate to show the name change (married in USA). Does anyone know if this is really correct? I ask because, having been to the Philippines, chaos is the rule and if you asked 3 different Filipinos the same question you would get 3 different answers.

Also, my wife's AOS case is in initial review but she has received her combo card with advance parole. She is thinking of just going to the Philippines to get his passport and bring him back after the K-2 interview. Two questions: (1) She arrived in U.S.A. on April 2, 2013 so the I-129F petition is good until April 2, 2014? (2) She was out of status for 40 something days, is there any danger in her traveling to the Philippines with advance parole to get her son.

Really confused and frustrated about what to do now. Thank you for your help.

Well, if they say they won't accept it even with copies of report of marriage from the Philippine Consulate & a copy of her Philippine passport with her married name, then the cheapest recourse you can do is to make another SPA & consent to travel with your maiden name and have it consularized again and mail it to Philippines one more time.

Good luck!

[Ontarkie 14,948]

~~Moved to the Philippine regional forum as this is Country specific~~

[Hank_ 9,174]

Hi,

My wife and I were recently married in June (K-1 visa). We are having a problem with the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Philippines regarding getting a passport for my wife's minor son.

We went to the Consulate of the Philippines in New York to change the name on her passport to her married name, report the marriage in the Philippines and get a "red ribbon letter" from my wife that gives special power of attorney to her mother with affidavit of support and consent to travel. The letter and affidavit are in my wife's married name and the consular officer approved it.

Now the DFA is giving her mother a problem, saying that since there is no record of the marriage and change of my wife's name yet at NSO the "red ribbon letter" in her married name is unacceptable. The woman said the red ribbon letter should have been in my wife's maiden name. So why did the consular officer sign off on a letter and affidavit that would not be accepted at DFA in Manila? We also provided her mother with an original marriage certificate to show the name change (married in USA). Does anyone know if this is really correct? I ask because, having been to the Philippines, chaos is the rule and if you asked 3 different Filipinos the same question you would get 3 different answers.

Also, my wife's AOS case is in initial review but she has received her combo card with advance parole. She is thinking of just going to the Philippines to get his passport and bring him back after the K-2 interview. Two questions: (1) She arrived in U.S.A. on April 2, 2013 so the I-129F petition is good until April 2, 2014? (2) She was out of status for 40 something days, is there any danger in her traveling to the Philippines with advance parole to get her son.

Really confused and frustrated about what to do now. Thank you for your help.

Did you trying emailing a copy of the approved ROM form from the consulate? Not saying DFA would even look at it... knowing how things work there, they may not recognize the consulate form..

As for the boy getting his visa; his visa has to be issued within one year of the date your wife's visa was issued, this is not the date you received the visa or when your wife arrived in the USA, the issued date is printed on the visa. That means starting getting the interview done earlier enough so that you don't miss the issued date.