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I emailed CFO to get the facts, here is the response I got back.  If you do not hold a K-1, IR-1 or CR-1 visa you are to attend PDOS.
 
You are an FA so you attend PDOS.
 
I hope this fixes all the confusion (and my misguided info  ).
 
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We wish to inform you that the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) operates from Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please be advised that all Filipinos leaving the country as emigrants or spouses and other partners of foreign nationals are required to register with the CFO and attend the Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS), the Peer Counseling or the Guidance and Counseling Program (GCP), which ever applies depending on your visa. These seminars normally last for 2-3 hours.
 
The PDOS is required for family-based, company-sponsored, and independent class emigrants while the Peer Counseling is for emigrants ages 13-19. The attendance in the CFO’s PDOS and Peer Counseling in Manila and Cebu is done on online registration. Click this website http://www.cfo.gov.ph/rnr-pdos.html for you to have an online appointment/reservation.
 
The GCP is required for fiancé or spouse of foreign national, dual citizen or former Filipino citizen. The attendance in the CFO’s GCP in Manila and Cebu is done on online registration. Click this website http://www.cfo.gov.ph/gcp.html for you to have an online appointment/reservation.
 
If you are a visa holder with a category of K1, CR1 or IR1, you are required to attend the Guidance and Counseling Program (GCP), if none of these three is your visa category, then you are required to attend the Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS).
 
For more information, attached are the flyers for PDOS and GCP.
 
For further clarification, please call us at telephone numbers (632) 552-4740 to 46 and (632) 552-4712 to 14.
 
Thank you.
 
Best regards,
 
 
MA. JANINE ERIKA B. EUSEBIO
Migrant Integration & Education Division
COMMISSION ON FILIPINOS OVERSEAS
Tel No: (02) 552-4759

I'm assuming, I should put Pacific islander on number 3?

In your situation, regarding CFO ... yes.
 
Here is the line of thinking on CFO and GCP... 1) you are a spouse (or fiancee).  2) you are getting a visa and moving to a foreign country.
 
GCP = spouses & fiancees    PDOS = all others.

Thanks for sharing your experience.  Good luck and safe travels.

GCP spouses and fiancees.   PDOS everyone else.

Thousands have completed CFO w/o passport and received their certificate for later when they must return with their passport. So yes you can take CFO without your passport. Certificate can be used for the insertion of your CFO sticker once you have your passport at any CFO location; Manila, Cebu, Clark-Pampanga or NAIA locations.

The requirements for cfo are the same. Some people have done it without a passport, others have tried and failed. So it's a little luck. 

Ok.  I am not an expert on the F2A so further commenting would probably not be a benefit to your case. So I'd rather excuse myself then "guess". I hope you can appreciate that.  You may want to find other F2A's by doing a search in the upper right hand corner of this page. I wish you well and safe travels.

No reason to stress on this... 

i dont think you have to worry about it unless if the scar is in your wrist.
I got a huge scar in my leg that i got as a kid. It had about 4 stitches.  On my medical exam, the doctor asked me if i got scars. I told her i got one in my leg. She quickly look at it and asked how I got it. I explained to her I got an accident when I was a kid. She didnt ask further and she didnt ask for any medical certification. 

You should be fine because the vast majority of scars they are looking for are in places where people trying to commit suicide would make them.
I do remember several years back where someone had a scar on like her forearm that got extra scrutiny but nothing ever came of it. If they ask just explain it and you should be fine.

I wouldn't think there would be issue with that, doctor shouldn't have a problem recognizing it as an injury.