Mang Tacio

Fiance is K-1 visa.
 
I have not heard of CFO asking for the CENOMAR from the petitioner, CFO will want a copy of your divorce decree.  The embassy for sure will request the CENOMAR, being "married in the Phils" in your case PSA would issue a CEMAR < which your divorce decree will handle, that you submitted to USCIS.

Photo copies will work.    NO bank statements .. the embassy will not take them .. unless you count on interest as part of your income.

The OP asked for enlightenment... hence my post. I called it a loophole because technically, his fiancee is STILL MARRIED but it may still work. Though her fiancee was able to obtain a divorce decree that may be acceptable in the US. It wasn't done properly. They were foreign nationals and the US technically had no jurisdiction over their marriage. US Laws states that it will recognize legal and valid marriages from foreign countries. His marriage is still legal and valid in the Philippines so he is still married. Keep in mind, in the I-129F app, they ask when he became naturalized and when he terminated his marriage. Do they take a closer look at these dates? We don't know. If they do and the adjudication officer knows what he/she is doing, the petitioner may be asked to provide documentation that his marriage was terminated properly in the Philippines which he's not going to be able to. To have a foreign divorce acknoledged in the Philippines one must petition the courts to acknowledge the foreign divorce. This divorce will not be accepted. I get it that he doesn't have to do it but these are potential issues brought up to enlighten the OP.
Fact is, he may have a decree but he's not divorced.
At some point, the OP's NSO records will be updated as married, I'm not sure who does it but I have friends that got married in the US and were surprised to find out the NSO showed them to be married lacking details and such. Also, being that the OP is a Filipino national, the Philippines will still have jurisdiction with her persons till she gets naturalized, therefore Philippine laws apply to her and her foreign marriage which as far as the Philippines is concerned will be NULL AND VOID!
Before you call posts unnecessary non-facts, DO SOME RESEARCH! I understand you know and understand US Laws based on your own personal divorce as a USC but the Philippines have jurisdiction over it's nationals (which at the time of the divorce, the petitioner still was), not the US therefore the divorce could be deemed invalid.

You are really missing it you keep thinking they plan to live in the Philippines it seems. You don't have to be a USC for a divorce to legal in the United States, and being the Petitioner is USC ... the US Embassy is not going give a a rat's butt about what the Philippines thinks about his divorce. The divorce was finalized before the USC petitioner filed the I-129F and that is all that matters. The Philippines does not have jurisdiction over the USC or his divorce, he is not appling for a marriage license in the Philippines, he is petitioning for a K-1 visa to bring his finacee to the UNITED STATES and marry in the UNITED STATES... you tell me where Philippine law has any jurisdiciton over a USC in this matter. The OP is the Beneficiary and she will have to get a CENOMAR from NSO but then.... .she is NOT married and IS subject to Philippines laws on that matter. NSO does not get updated unless they choose to record their marriage in the Philippines, which is totally optional.

Agree, USEM recognizes the divorce so he is legally able to remarry as long as it's here in the US.

Both parties of the referenced divorce were in the USA, not just one of them going to another country and filing for a divorce.
Philippine law only applies in the Philippines, the K-1 process is a U.S. visa and the divorce decree of USC is recognized and accepted in the USA and ALL of its embassies for USC. The beneficiary in this process is the only one that needs to deal with Philippine law and be able to acquire a CENOMAR.... etc, etc, etc.
IF this USC was wanting to marry IN the Philippines then what you wrote would apply.

Doesn't matter, his ex wife IS NOT filing a I-129F petition. The USC Petitioner, may have been married in the Philippines but was divorced in USA, his divorce decree is all that is needed for the 129 and the US Embassy in Manila. The USC Petitioner does not file for the K-1 visa so who cares if his divorce is recognized in the Philippines, his divorce IS recognized at the embassy. So there is ZERO need for him to file/record anything in the Philippines. They are not marrying in the Philippines, they are doing a K-1.

I have read of others with similar situations, being the petitioner is a USC and got a divorce in the US he just needed to provide his divorce decree with the I-129F. Then later at CFO the Beneficary will need a copy of the divorce decree from the Petitioner.

Nothing against people waiting on K-1's as I wish it was easier on all of us. But going on my 4th year of marriage and having a 2 year old and one turning 3 in a few days I am happy that if they prioritize a category they chose spouse visa's. It is extremely hard with my 2 babies only seeing their daddy on a screen. I am missing them growing up and I am happy that we finally have our appointment and should be all together in US in August.
 
My wish is that the stupid government end their draconian lock downs so they let all loved ones be together.

@phxcesar They sent response back few days ago that my category is updated & totally ignored the expedite request. 

The NOA2 has a validity of one year.  Embassy can extend it.  Bring a letter of intent to your interview. 
 
You can complete the DS-160 now or later just need to be ready for the interview.   There is no hurry. I wouldn't pay the visa interview fee till the embassy items for K1. 

It's a pandemic.....that's "what it is".
I am sorry you guys are going through this wait (I waited 7 months for the NOA2...3 years ago....and there wasn't a pandemic). Sorry....you are jumping the gun a bit and there's a pandemic going on right now....patience is a good thing.
 

The Department of State released a memo that contained a list of "re-opening" requirements that a country must have for their Embassy to start processing visas again. Some have meet these requirements and are processing visas. Some have not and are still waiting. Unfortunately all you can do at this point is be patient and wait for things to improve, but I would say that if predictions are correct and we get a vaccine by the end of this year/early next year, things across the board will return to somewhat normal. Hang in there!