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If they keep the current 9a requirements as permanent for all tourist applications then R.I.P. Philippines tourism.
 
There is literally no reason to ever come here for tourism when you have mostly visa exempt countries throughout southeast asia. It makes no sense. 

Prior to broad based Philippines government covid restrictions it was fairly easy for a filipina to travel abroad. CFO wasn't required most of the time. I traveled with my fiancee and our child abroad quite a few times. These days they are making it much harder to leave as well as travel to the Philippines. 
 
The whole CFO thing was meant to cut down on human trafficking but the reality is if you look at the statistics most human trafficking in the Philippines is done through the multitude of shady placement agencies run behind the scenes by powerful people.
 

Filipinas are rather routinely prevented from leaving by Philippine Immigration for a very large and murky list of arbitrary reasons such as previous travel history or lack thereof, financial, social and educational standing, general demeanor,  luck with what Immigration Officer they got that day, etc.  It's hardly a sure thing at all for a Filipina going to the airport and getting on a plane as a tourist.  Philippine Exit Immigration can be quite challenging.

Before you get too excited these are the countries deemed worthy of being on the "green list" by the IATF.
 
 
Yeah you read that right...places like Congo, Sierra Leone, and Chad are on the green list but most of the EU and North America isn't. Somehow I doubt that the poorest parts of Africa are more well vaxed than developed nations.

True on all points. If you look at H2a/b statistics Filipinos have a very high overstay rate in the U.S. This is what led the Trump led Homeland security to restrict that visa class coming from the Philippines. The sad fact is that if you have any kind of ability, intelligence, or ambition it is wasted in the Philippines. I can fully understand why so many would rather be an illegal immigrant in the U.S. than grind out a living in the Philippines. The elite class in the Philippines which includes the generational wealthy families behave in a capricious and malicious way towards their fellow countrymen.

The requirements for travel between provinces is actually more extensive than just getting a covid test. You need to fill out a couple government forms online which includes an ID with your permanent location on the Philippines. If you are a foreigner this means it could be very hard to travel outside the province you are in without proving long stay visa or permanent residence. 
 
This along with all your LGU approved travel location along with booked airline tickets. 
 
Then some petty official at whatever LGU you will be sending it to has to approve it all.  All this before you even show up at the airport and get scanned a million more times. 
 
Then when you arrive at destination sometimes they ask for another covid test if you stay longer than 5 days. (not kidding)

The requirements for travel between provinces is actually more extensive than just getting a covid test. You need to fill out a couple government forms online which includes an ID with your permanent location on the Philippines. If you are a foreigner this means it could be very hard to travel outside the province you are in without proving long stay visa or permanent residence. 
 
This along with all your LGU approved travel location along with booked airline tickets. 
 
Then some petty official at whatever LGU you will be sending it to has to approve it all.  All this before you even show up at the airport and get scanned a million more times. 
 
Then when you arrive at destination sometimes they ask for another covid test if you stay longer than 5 days. (not kidding)

This is true of pretty much any government official anywhere in the world when you are trying to get something done in a bureaucracy. If you smart off with U.S. government people they can make your life a living hell too. 

I do not know how you acted with them, I know you are very mad about this and have every right to be. But you need to remember that they hold the key so you need to kiss their rear or you are doomed. Traveling to a 3rd country will most likely not work because she has a valid immigration visa in her passport. I know that this really sucks but your easiest and fastest route will be to win the hearts of the people at CFO. It's sad that you got stuck with a consular that is such an (don't want to be filtered). Just remember the culture here in the Philippines. The CFO has ALL of the power and they expect to be treated that way and you must kiss up all the way. It does not matter if you were being  "arrogant" and "inpatient" or not. They felt that you were and that is all that matters. Don't let them feel that again. Your other option is doing an online wedding through Utah. There are many posts about it on this forum. You would be able to get a visa probably within a month to go visit here and after that file for spouse visa instead. Like I said, your best bet is to get this CFO taken care of.

I currently live in the Philippines with my Fiancee. I was lucky enough to be in the country after March 2020 so was able to stay with her this entire time. Let me just give you guys a heads up about the political situation in the Philippines..there is a better than average chance that the Marcos family will be back in power next year. 

If that wasn't a grim enough future prognostication of the Philippines let me tell you the economy is in total shambles. I live near a fairly large commercial center and i've seen half the businesses close. The actual legit economics experts are warning of 20+ years for the Philippines to recover from covid because the damage to all sectors of the economy has been so dire. You can see this reflected in the country's stock index even. The government has grossly mismanaged not just the covid situation but the economy here as well.
 
There is also NO sign that tourism will open up in any sensible way anytime soon. You need an insane level of requirements just to travel from metro manila to Boracay. Things are not looking good here and in my opinion will only get worse.
 
 
 

I currently live in the Philippines with my Fiancee. I was lucky enough to be in the country after March 2020 so was able to stay with her this entire time. Let me just give you guys a heads up about the political situation in the Philippines..there is a better than average chance that the Marcos family will be back in power next year. 

If that wasn't a grim enough future prognostication of the Philippines let me tell you the economy is in total shambles. I live near a fairly large commercial center and i've seen half the businesses close. The actual legit economics experts are warning of 20+ years for the Philippines to recover from covid because the damage to all sectors of the economy has been so dire. You can see this reflected in the country's stock index even. The government has grossly mismanaged not just the covid situation but the economy here as well.
 
There is also NO sign that tourism will open up in any sensible way anytime soon. You need an insane level of requirements just to travel from metro manila to Boracay. Things are not looking good here and in my opinion will only get worse.
 
 
 

Duterte did things that needed to be done and helped a lot in the very beginning. After that he really went downhill and the handling of the Pandemic was the last straw for me.
 
I also do not understand the love affair with the Marcos's That's like falling in love with someone that raped you IMO.

None other than a few expedites.  Still a ton of petitions that were approved in 2020 still stuck at NVC 

They don't care about your credit score, just the well documented proof of your liquid assets is what you need. That is way over 5x the requirement (assuming you don't have a giant household size), so seems like they may accept it, but will totally be up to the CO.