Dual Citizenship Marrying in the Philippines

[JOne 0]

I have dual citizenship Philippine/USA.. I want to marry a Filippina Citizen in the Philippines. Will I still need an Affidavit in Lieu of a Certificate of Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage? 

[payxibka 10,048]

2 hours ago, JOne said:

I have dual citizenship Philippine/USA.. I want to marry a Filippina Citizen in the Philippines. Will I still need an Affidavit in Lieu of a Certificate of Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage? 

NO.  Just CENOMAR

[Hank_ 9,174]

I 2nd that ..   

[JOne 0]

Is it necessary that I marry her as an American citizen? I'm worried I might have problems once I petition my future wife. 

[JOne 0]

13 hours ago, Hank_ said:

I 2nd that ..   

 

14 hours ago, payxibka said:

NO.  Just CENOMAR

Is it necessary that I marry her as an American citizen? I'm worried I might have problems once I petition my future wife. 

 

 

[payxibka 10,048]

Just now, JOne said:

 

Is it necessary that I marry her as an American citizen? I'm worried I might have problems once I petition my future wife. 

 

 

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You are trying to meet the requirements of Philippines marriage law.  All the Consulate does is notarize a document.  The USA doesn't give a ratsass about this document

[Hank_ 9,174]

12 minutes ago, JOne said:

 

Is it necessary that I marry her as an American citizen? I'm worried I might have problems once I petition my future wife. 

 

 

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Not sure what you are asking.    You ARE an American citizen, as you are also a Philippine citizen.     There are no issues regarding the visa petition.    

 

Getting married in the Philippines .. you follow the laws of that country.  The Philippines asks for the affidavit, not the USA     Being you are a dual citizne you do not need the affidavit  

 

 

Edited January 7, 2018 by Hank_

[payxibka 10,048]

1 minute ago, Hank_ said:

Not sure what you are asking.    You ARE an American citizen, as you are also a Philippine citizen.     There are no issues regarding the visa petition.    

 

 

He is thinking that somehow the Affidavit is required for the USA and therefore if he doesn't get it he won't be able to petition

[JOne 0]

1 hour ago, payxibka said:

You are trying to meet the requirements of Philippines marriage law.  All the Consulate does is notarize a document.  The USA doesn't give a ratsass about this document

 Thank you, this takes so much load off. The Philippines always makes things so much harder. 

[JOne 0]

1 hour ago, payxibka said:

He is thinking that somehow the Affidavit is required for the USA and therefore if he doesn't get it he won't be able to petition

Exactly! Since I'm marrying her as a Filipino citizen (not providing and affidavit), and not an an American citizen, I might have difficulty petitioning her as an American. Does that make sense? 

[payxibka 10,048]

1 minute ago, JOne said:

Exactly! Since I'm marrying her as a Filipino citizen (not providing and affidavit), and not an an American citizen, I might have difficulty petitioning her as an American. Does that make sense? 

It is not a USA requirement but something to help a non citizen to fulfill archaic Philippines law

[JOne 0]

3 hours ago, payxibka said:

It is not a USA requirement but something to help a non citizen to fulfill archaic Philippines law

Sorry for the grammatical errors.Thank you so much for the response and clarification. 

[RO_AH 1,685]

On 1/6/2018 at 7:17 PM, JOne said:

 Thank you, this takes so much load off. The Philippines always makes things so much harder. 

In this case it made it easier

[RO_AH 1,685]

It's very simple. The Philippines requires a CENOMAR to get married. If you are born and raised in the USA you obviously can't get one. So the affidavit is like a substitute to allow Americans to get something in place of a CENOMAR. Since you are a Filipino citizen (as well) you can get a CENOMAR so the "substitute" is not needed