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[RO_AH 1,615]

You spend so much time researching. You read everything you can. You spend months preparing. Yet there is almost always another hurdle to cross. My wife's birth certificate is listed as late registration which is very common in the Philippines. You are born out in a province, a lot of times at your home. If your lucky maybe some sort of midwife assisting. Then the next time you can travel to the nearest LCR you go and register the birth. Well because of this (I don't know if this has always been the case) they require EXTRA documentation. No where in any of the information that I have seen so far is this listed (unless I missed something. They did not keep her passport which means she will need to go back. Her medical will expire 8/8 and I am still trying to be able to go there to get her and the children if I can get the magical mystery visa and exemption. Yet I can't even buy tickets for any of us until I know we have the visa.

 

 

[flicks1998 1,044]

22 minutes ago, RO_AH said:

You spend so much time researching. You read everything you can. You spend months preparing. Yet there is almost always another hurdle to cross. My wife's birth certificate is listed as late registration which is very common in the Philippines. You are born out in a province, a lot of times at your home. If your lucky maybe some sort of midwife assisting. Then the next time you can travel to the nearest LCR you go and register the birth. Well because of this (I don't know if this has always been the case) they require EXTRA documentation. No where in any of the information that I have seen so far is this listed (unless I missed something. They did not keep her passport which means she will need to go back. Her medical will expire 8/8 and I am still trying to be able to go there to get her and the children if I can get the magical mystery visa and exemption. Yet I can't even buy tickets for any of us until I know we have the visa.

 

 

I’m a little unclear what documents she needs to gather but with most 221g’s she should be able to mail the requested documents with her passport via 2go and usually it’s free of charge. It should state somewhere on the 221g form. 
 

You’re  so close to ending this nightmare and the 8/8 timeframe should be doable. They need about 2-3 weeks time to process the visa once they have whatever documents they are looking for.  You should designate that you’ll pick up the visa at a 2go office in Manila. That will save you a few days or more compared to if it’s mailed to her home. Also if you designate the MOA 2go to pick up at that shaves off another day. 

Edited June 8, 2021 by flicks1998

[Skyman 289]

Baptismal or school transcripts shouldn't be too hard to come up with. I do agree though that late filing of the BC is pretty common. 

 

1 hour ago, flicks1998 said:

You should designate that you’ll pick up the visa at a 2go office in Manila. That will save you a few days or more compared to if it’s mailed to her home. Also if you designate the MOA 2go to pick up at that shaves off another day. 

Not sure I agree with this due to the current difficulties of domestic travel.

[flicks1998 1,044]

6 minutes ago, Skyman said:

Baptismal or school transcripts shouldn't be too hard to come up with. I do agree though that late filing of the BC is pretty common. 

 

Not sure I agree with this due to the current difficulties of domestic travel.

This is what we did and it’s no issue if they are in Manila.  We were in the same situation with the stolen passport and this was in Dec-Feb timeframe when restrictions were more than they are now. If everyone is in Manila it will 100% be no issue at all. We chose pickup because if it was mailed to the provinces, some provinces were only getting mail once a week if that. 

[top_secret 2,066]

My wife got this for her first Japan Tourist Visa application due to being late registered.  She needs her "Form 137" from her school.  There may be a separate one for elementary school and high school.  In my wife's case she got a formal certification from DepEd that she had attended but her records were unavailable due to being washed out to sea by a super typhoon.  If she has relatives in the provence send them directly to the school.  For baptismal go to local parish.  If her relatives in the province will do the footwork for her it's a huge help.

 

If you don't mind me asking, how late was she registered?  A few years, or longer than that?  My wife was 5 y/o when she was registered.  I suppose we should prepare for the same.

[RO_AH 1,615]

1 hour ago, flicks1998 said:

This is what we did and it’s no issue if they are in Manila.  We were in the same situation with the stolen passport and this was in Dec-Feb timeframe when restrictions were more than they are now. If everyone is in Manila it will 100% be no issue at all. We chose pickup because if it was mailed to the provinces, some provinces were only getting mail once a week if that. 

She is in Bulacan so delivery should be pretty quick.

[RO_AH 1,615]

39 minutes ago, top_secret said:

My wife got this for her first Japan Tourist Visa application due to being late registered.  She needs her "Form 137" from her school.  There may be a separate one for elementary school and high school.  In my wife's case she got a formal certification from DepEd that she had attended but her records were unavailable due to being washed out to sea by a super typhoon.  If she has relatives in the provence send them directly to the school.  For baptismal go to local parish.  If her relatives in the province will do the footwork for her it's a huge help.

 

If you don't mind me asking, how late was she registered?  A few years, or longer than that?  My wife was 5 y/o when she was registered.  I suppose we should prepare for the same.

I never paid close enough attention while looking at her BC until now. My first red flag a while back was when I noticed her parents were close to 50 years old on her BC. I just looked closer after this happened. It turns out he father went and registered her birth in the province when she was 18 years old. She needed a BC to graduate high school. She has lived in Bulacan since she was 3. She has all of her HS records because she needed them for her passport. She will try to get her elementary records too. I also told her to look for any old school ID's as well. This is all such a pain in the butt.

[top_secret 2,066]

4 minutes ago, RO_AH said:

I never paid close enough attention while looking at her BC until now. My first red flag a while back was when I noticed her parents were close to 50 years old on her BC. I just looked closer after this happened. It turns out he father went and registered her birth in the province when she was 18 years old. She needed a BC to graduate high school. She has lived in Bulacan since she was 3. She has all of her HS records because she needed them for her passport. She will try to get her elementary records too. I also told her to look for any old school ID's as well. This is all such a pain in the butt.

Well much easier if the schools are in Bulacan then out really "in the province". Also less chance the records got washed out to sea by a super typhoon"  It is "Form 137" that she needs.  It's standardized and all Filipino students have a "Form 137".  You can also check for yearbooks.  Philippine Schools often have those and there will be a copy somewhere.  The Catholic Church is usually fairly good about maintaining baptismal records too and the parish should be able to issue a new baptismal certificate for a nominal fee 

 

My wife was registered when she was 5.  However her mother, who is 50 something (no one is exactly sure), remains completely unregistered to this day.

[RO_AH 1,615]

19 minutes ago, top_secret said:

It is "Form 137" that she needs

Yes, she has that. She needed it for her passport. She was never baptized or been to a doctor or hospital before she was 16 so all we have is her school records.

[jm302music 25]

I definitely feel your pain, RO_AH!  This process does often seem like a never-ending series of demands for "one more thing".  And each "one more thing" seems to result in wasted travel money, wasted fees, enormous amounts of wasted time, etc.  So frustrating!  I hope it all works out for you soon!

 

Joel

 

[RO_AH 1,615]

Well my wife has had a busy day even though she is preparing for our oldest son's 3rd birthday party tomorrow. She was able to get her elementary Form 137e and she already had her Form 137 from HS. She went and visited several of her Elementary teachers and got the original form along with class some pictures. She will scan them all to send to the USEM. I am hoping it will be enough since she has no medical records and was not baptized.