manilaraf

Just a FYI, You don't have to report you marriage to Philippines, It is not required...

Absolutely,

But the OP's wife's PHL Passport is expiring and wants the new one in her married name.

I'm guessing he'd just restless at home.

New city, no job yet, no driver's license, no way to get around and see the sights = "boring"

Geenbaum/Hank/VOL and other familiar with the fiance visa,

Am I correct in saying that once the fiance leaves the US without getting married, he can't come back? The fiance visa was cancelled on entry and if he changes his mind again once he gets back to the PHL, they'd have to go through the entire process again (probably with much more scrutiny) right?

Or am I wrong on this?

Seriously though, how does the citizenship part of this journey work?

Over and above the actual filing / petitioning for naturalization / citizenship does the beneficiary sign a document relinquishing previous country citizenship? If so then how does the dual citizenship status work?

Just curious even though many years down the road.

US Oath of Naturalization:

"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God."

PHL Oath for Dual Citizenship/Citizenship Re-Aquisition:

"I, (name), solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines and obey the laws and legal orders promulgated by the duly constituted authorities of the Philippines; and I hereby declare that I recognize and accept the supreme authority of the Philippines and will maintain true faith and allegiance thereto; and that I imposed this obligation upon myself voluntarily without mental reservation or purpose of evasion. So help me God."

As a US Citizen, you legally relinquished your PHL Citizenship and thus, cannot vote. If you do want to vote in case Duterte does run, you might want to get started on Dual Citizenship. That's the only way you will be able to vote in 2016.

As an aside, there will be no way that Duterte will win in 2016. Just my opinion. The corrupt politician class won't allow it to happen.

You filed a police report. Good

You need to get a replacement from the PHL Consulate responsible for your area.

You also should inform USCIS of your situation.

I agree with apple21, this is very important and your fiance needs to help you with this either by bringing you where you need to be or to shell out for public transportation. If anything, this current situation you're in needs more attention than the original K-1 visa process. The consequences of not addressing this situation are not being able to get married and being out of status.

You shouldn't be starting from scratch, if anything the visa process was supposed to weed out people unable to provide/support intending immigrants and becoming burdens on the State.

This is very important. The person you are marrying needs to be more concerned and supportive of you in your current situation. You shouldn't be relying on the kindness and compassion of complete strangers on the Internet for rides to the Police Station.

Depends on what they mean by abortion.

Induced Abortion/Pregnancy termination vs Spontaneous Abortion or Miscarriage in layman terms

Thank you so much for the help. I just talk to my father, his tourist visa is APPROVED! I appreciate all the people who helped me here. I have another question, does my dad need to attend CFO seminar or PDOS?

No, your father doesn't need to do those as he's just traveling on a Tourist Visa and not as an intending immigrant.

Wait mo na lang marereceive kang letter may instructions dun what you need to do

Mali, maghihitay ka ng amag kung hihintayin mo yung mga letter. Nasa USEM website yung mga instructions. Pwede mo rin iclick yung link sa Signature ni Hank_

http://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-uscis-office/international-offices/philippines-manila-field-office

Scroll down to where it says phone and use that number

Ishiza

I've been trying to help you via our private message conversation. But you seemed to have glossed over or ignored my last one

This is the result of not knowing the difference between the US Department of State and the USCIS. Or just seeing the Embassy as just a singular entity.

You. Are. Calling. The. Wrong. Number.

You are calling the Immigrant Visa Unit inquiry line. You need to directly call the offices of USCIS Manila.

Well first off, we heard that the Philippines is no longer having a duel citizenship option

Hearing is one thing.

Show me something from a PHL Gov't source that says this.

http://www.philippineembassy-usa.org/philippines-dc/consular-services-dc/faq-dc/#dual

If I was in your shoes I would do neither at the moment. I would see if your relationship improves and if it does then I would look into a K1 or DCF in the future.

If the relationship continues to be "rough" I would start looking for other companionship.

I have always avoided girls in the Philippines that were involved in, or in the process of an annulment.

Good Luck in your choice.......

Throw a 3 year old kid into the mix and it gets significantly more complicated than a simple relationship breakup.

Does this mean as long as I have lived in Philippines for 6 months, I can go back to America and file DCF? Or do I have be living in the Philippines at the time of filing? thanks!

JohnandMhay are correct.

You cannot file DCF in the States. You'll have to file via the normal USCIS lockbox system which takes longer than DCF filing.

The DC in DCF stands for Direct Consular. As in you'll be filing the I-130 with the USCIS Office in Manila and they do all the processing. If and when it's approved, it gets sent over to the State Dept's Immigrant Visa Section for processing and that whole thing. Everything gets done "in-house" in the US Embassy. You skip the National Visa Center step. The fact that every gets done at the consular post is the reason why it's faster than any other visa

Do not buy airline tickets until you have the passport/visa in hand.

But once you have it, you can fly out once you get your CFO Certificate & Stamp.

Nose My wife makes comments about her nose. Doesn't like the Filipino nose wants an American nose.

Don't get me started on the prevalence of skin whitening everything in this country.

After years, I finally got my wife to appreciate her Arianny Celeste-like skin tone.

mydonna,

Did you specify that you filed the I-130 directly with the US Embassy in Manila? There is no NVC step for DCF filers. NVC is only involved if you filed from the States using the USCIS Lockbox system.

Call them again.

I emailed the IV Unit Manila asking for the MNL Case Number. In the time since we've done that, the number has changed. Look it up under Immigrant Visa on the US Embassy Website.

Please read my thread on my link below for a overview of what we did.

aqua - Yes, add them to other names.

mydonna - I can't remember what we put on ours

First day is relatively quick. It's the second day that tends to be a beast when it comes to waiting.

So if my wife becomes a USC with a US Passport, then she would need a one way ticket to HK as well as I? I mean...how is the airline to tell she is a Filipino by birth other then by her nose hahah. What is to say she isn't 1/2 Filipino and 1/2 American born in the US and flying to the Philippines for vacation....

I think I've replied to you guys in the past regarding this. I went to med school here and had a balikbayan stamp converted in-country into a student visa.

They'll know she's Filipina by birth because in her soon to come US Passport in the Bio page it will say "PLACE OF BIRTH - PHILIPPINES"

Exactly my point to the OP. Please read the entire thread before commenting if you havent done so yet..Yes, I am upset, but I dont know why you would think that my post is tied to my ego.

OP posted in Sept 2011 and hasn't logged onto VJ since November of 2014.

Make sure to put in all permutations of your married name under alias/aka/other names used if you're the wife.

Example:

Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal Arroyo

hi manilaraf just wanna ask we did dcf too, filed two weeks ago, havent heard any or received any from manila embassy. tried sending an email but the reply came from uscis, maybe you still have the email address for the manila embassy. Thanks Would be appreciated...

I never sent an email to USCIS. I sent the email to the IV Unit.

Here's the contact info for USCIS-Manil

http://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-uscis-office/international-offices/philippines-manila-field-office

That number has to be the embassy goal not individual CO quota? If individual that's one every 3 minutes with no pee or coffee breaks. That would be next to impossible to do on any given day let alone day in and day out. But if it is and even if they don't meet quota, it would be a staggering amount of people leaving the PI every year to come to the US.

If the quota were for the embassy it would still be nearly 37,500 applicants per year. Still a lot in my eyes. The visa interviews must be done on a different floor than the one I was on when applying for Cert of Legal Capacity. I didn't see nearly than many what I would consider visa applicants. Mostly US citizens requesting assistance.

US Citizen Services are done on the 2nd floor of the New Annex building. Visas both nonimmigrant and immigrant are done on the first.

USCS definitely does not have that many people coming in compared to the NIV and IV sections in my experience over the years dealing with USCS for I-130 filing, passport renewal, etc.

Having experienced the Immigrant and K-1 visa line when my wife interviewed I can easily believe the 150 applicants per day. From what I saw interviews tended to last anywhere from 3-5 minutes each. I'd say there were a total of 8-10 US Consular Officers interviewing that day. (Note that a lot of the grunt work is done by the prescreeners and other local support staff. You have several steps before you reach the US CO). From when we went inside (we were probably 50th in line to enter the building from the seated waiting area) at about 730am up until we left at about 1130 they were seeing people non-stop. And when we were finished, there were still people in line inside, outside in the seated/covered waiting area, as well as still in line outside the embassy walls.

From what I've read the Philippines has the 2nd busiest NIV and IV Sections in the world behind Mexico. It also has the highest number of K-1 visas processed worldwide.