Manila CR1 ROM

[restlessflow 0]

Hi my wife and I just submitted our documents DS-260 civil documents for NVC reviewing for a CR-1 Visa Manila. We were wondering if any couples have had experience with online marriages. Our documents that we provided are our marriage cert from the online marriage ceremony and license in Utah. Her NBI reflects single and also we do not have a PSA ROM since we did not apply in the US, to report it to the Philippines. Would immigration require a ROM / NBI update in the future? 

 

Thank you 

[top_secret 2,768]

NVC and US Embassy Manila should be fine without a ROM.  Her NBI Clearance is ok as single but it must list her married name, including your surname, as an AKA.

 

Not filing a ROM is not an issue for US visa issuance but you can expect very significant blowback from Philippine CFO which their immigration requires to exit the country.  Unless there is a very strong legal or philosophical reason to go against the Philippine government, the path of least resistance is to get one filled.

 

Additionally, while there is no requirement that she ever uses your surname, if she ever does want to use your name it will be a thousand times easier if she could change her Philippine Passport BEFORE her interview and that would require a ROM.

[restlessflow 0]

49 minutes ago, top_secret said:

NVC and US Embassy Manila should be fine without a ROM.  Her NBI Clearance is ok as single but it must list her married name, including your surname, as an AKA.

 

Not filing a ROM is not an issue for US visa issuance but you can expect very significant blowback from Philippine CFO which their immigration requires to exit the country.  Unless there is a very strong legal or philosophical reason to go against the Philippine government, the path of least resistance is to get one filled.

 

Additionally, while there is no requirement that she ever uses your surname, if she ever does want to use your name it will be a thousand times easier if she could change her Philippine Passport BEFORE her interview and that would require a ROM.

Would it ever deny her ability to leave the PH, if we don’t get one filed? Also her married name is the same of her passport/birth certificate, no change. Would we need to have it listed as an AKA? We are currently both in the PH. Is there any way to file a ROM overseas? 

[top_secret 2,768]

18 minutes ago, restlessflow said:

Would it ever deny her ability to leave the PH, if we don’t get one filed? Also her married name is the same of her passport/birth certificate, no change. Would we need to have it listed as an AKA? We are currently both in the PH. Is there any way to file a ROM overseas? 

 

I don't know of anyone who has actually, really, been denied exit by CFO but I have seen very significant delays, hassles, hardship etc created by CFO.  They can be very difficult so it is often easiest to appease them and just file the ROM.

 

The NBI Clearance must include your surname as either "husband's name" OR as an AKA, wether your wife ever used it or not, because under Philippine law she is entitled to use it if she likes.  As a legal name she it entitled to use it must be included on the NBI Clearance somehow.

 

A ROM for a Utah online marriage is filed with the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco and can be totally filed by mail from anywhere in the world that has functioning mail. https://pcgsanfrancisco.org/civil-registry/

Edited 7 hours ago by top_secret

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