Mackdaddy66

On 12/11/2018 at 1:15 PM, Hank_ said:

You are divorcing the person ...    Now I don't know the procedure in HK but the divorce decrees I have seen from the States list the two parties to the divorce .. no reference to a marriage certificate.   If HK is the same, you are good to .. you are divorced from the person, no matter where the marriage (s) took place.

 

Embassy will not ask for copies of previous marriage certificates, but they do want a copy of the divorce decree.        

Hi Frank, to my amaze Singapore embassy did ask copies of wedding certificates, and of course court certified copies of divorce, was no big deal just unexpected to see that on the requested documents... Long story short... Fiancée visa approved yesterday with no problem.... Fullerton is slow so she got rfe for medical... said they will send her passport with visa after Fullerton gets medical to them....with your advice we did what many say is impossible and I thank you for steering us in the right direction 

1 hour ago, Greenbaum said:

I also make it known that each embassy is different and be sure to, one - read and understand the P3 and two, find others from your country in the sub forum as they have a better insight into what can and cannot be done. Normally, you'll be advise to leave from 5 to 10 days from the medical to the interview.  If you choose to not take advice and it doesn't go as you have planned then I will most assuredly point out it was poor planning if I choose. 

 

All of these points are true for all embassies not just Manila. I would like to inform you to the fact this is not my first rodeo. I'll be glad to help you but a little friendlier tone would be a appreciated. Thanks and good luck on your upcoming interview. You have gotten this far and I hope it works out for you.

I wasn’t asking for your advice, simply stating the fact that Singapore will schedule your appointment whenever they see fit, the applicant has no control of how many days after medical to interview...I am not giving you attitude.. just telling you from our experience how it works there so that you can help others ... our journey is almost over and we will move on but you will help many others in the years to come... take care and god speed... 😊

34 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

A 221g is not the end of the world.  You'll do fine. Let's start thinking positive. You can do this. 

We will deal with it...I was just commenting because you were telling others that it was their fault for poor planning... but in reality, in Singapore at least, one is at the mercy of the embassy... is not like Manila 

On 10/19/2018 at 11:42 AM, Greenbaum said:

You need to be a little more patient and not expect your case is the same as ithers. You have trust the process.

Singapore is kind of a different bird, cannot get medical apt without packet and you fill out and mail packet back with date of medical and they tell you when your interview date is... Her medical is on April 3 and they scheduled interview on the 10th... we requested to delay interview a week if possible and the embassy replied that if we reschedule interview we will be put at back of list of all visa applicants and the wait time could be 4 months, so we will have to deal with 221g if medical is not at embassy by the 10th.... embassy in Singapore does not work well with visa applicants as far as rescheduling anyway, we thought they would appreciate the heads up but obviously they don’t care

On 3/5/2018 at 7:01 PM, CaliforniaLovin said:

Hi there, does anyone know whether you need to include a copy of the former marriage certificate in addition to the decree absolute to show the previous marriage was dissolved in the I-129F? 

 

Also, do you know if it matters if the documents are scanned and not perfectly straight or centred? 

I was wondering the same thing due to the email from the Singapore embassy and their required do I... I may be reading it wrong but it seems to say that both applicant and petitioner are to supply copy of marriage certificate(s) and court certified copies of divorce decree, annulment or death certificate... I may be reading it wrong? 

I took Hank's advice and submitted my fiancé petition in September with her Singapore divorce. We are now waiting for the NOA2 and praying for fast processing. We will still file for annulment so that we can go back to her hometown in Bohol and not be worried about being harassed by her ex husband and we can buy a house for retirement. She is staying out of the Philippines until after the annulment because we are not sure they will give her a cfo stamp even though she will have USA k1 visa. Her cemar at the moment will still say she is married to a Filipino... have heard nothing definitive about the cfo stamp and cfo is not giving me clear answers on that, have emailed them twice but they just talk in circles so we don't trust them and figure it best she steers clear until annulment is final

8 hours ago, Mackdaddy66 said:

12 hours ago, Hank_ said:

Correct, the divorce decree trumps the CEMAR.     Embassy will be totally fine with the divorce decree and the CEMAR

 

As a side note the Philippines now honors a foreign divorce initiated by the Filipino if the other spouse is a foreigner... there was a recent supreme court ruling.  Still this requires a court process 

 

8 hours ago, Mackdaddy66 said:

When filing the petition do I need to send CEMAR with divorce decree or will just divorce decree work? 

  wanting to file next week... hoping no need for CEMAR until embassy phase? Looks like most only submit at embassy? Appreciate you sharing your knowledge Hank... is big help😊

 

8 hours ago, Mackdaddy66 said:

When filing the petition do I need to send CEMAR with divorce decree or will just divorce decree work? 

  wanting to file next week... hoping no need for CEMAR until embassy phase

We have similar issue, my fiancé has Singapore divorce. Rapidvisa tells me that divorce has to be annotated on CEMAR but due to Philippines not honoring divorces they will not do that. From what I understand her divorce trumps the CEMAR? From what I have read on uscis they only mention needing valid divorce? So basically she goes to embassy with court certified copy of divorce and all is good?