Thanks, Xman. "Check card" is just another term for ATM card.
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Thanks, Xman. "Check card" is just another term for ATM card.
Does anyone know where I can buy some Black and Milds here in the Philippines?
Thanks
Robb
My sweety's been told we have to go to Manila embassy and get proof that I have never been married. I said, "I doubt it". Anyone know if this is true?? The documents should come from your own country, not from Phils or is it just another cash grab. Thanks for any/ all replies.
[QUOTE=Tungsten Chef]My sweety's been told we have to go to Manila embassy and get proof that I have never been married. I said, "I doubt it". Anyone know if this is true?? The documents should come from your own country, not from Phils or is it just another cash grab. Thanks for any/ all replies.[/QUOTE]
When I married a Filipina I had to show proof, as in my divorce papers, that I was single. I married in Japan, but had to produce the papers to register the marriage in the Philippine Embassy.
Good Luck
Robb
[QUOTE=Robbaf]When I married a Filipina I had to show proof, as in my divorce papers, that I was single. I married in Japan, but had to produce the papers to register the marriage in the Philippine Embassy.
Good Luck
Robb[/QUOTE]Ok, I checked out a site and it had a few more things to add. Need to go to a marriage or family seminar first. Also the registration process, it says takes 10 days to get the license. Man isn't there an easier way? It's gonna eat up lots of time.
The easiest way to get married here is to grab your prospective bride and get yourself to another country in ASEAN for which she does not need a visa. This is true for two reasons: (1) there's altogether less bullshit about the process of getting married and, most importantly (2) there's no divorce in the Philippines, which means you are fucked for life. Sure, if the marriage does not work out, you can buy an annulment, but that's gonna cost you $1,000 or so and takes a lot of time. Better to avoid the entire thing and go to Singapore for a civil ceremony on which the Catholic church cannot get its fingerprints.
You can always register your marriage, regardless of where it was performed, at the US Embassy. It's a simple process. I strongly recommend to guys thinking of having the actual ceremony performed here to think several times about it and then, if you're still committed to it, seek intensive psychological counseling.
GE
Sounds like great information, but if you were in a foreign country other than Philippines, I imagine you'd have to deal with a language other than English. Any specific country recommendation? I guess the obvious place would be Thailand.
Probably not a good idea to tell your lady that you don't want to get married in the Philippines because you want the option of divorce. Just stating the obvious....
Nevertheless, sounds like good strategy. And thanks for the chuckle at the end.
X Man
[QUOTE=GoodEnough]The easiest way to get married here is to grab your prospective bride and get yourself to another country in ASEAN for which she does not need a visa. This is true for two reasons: (1) there's altogether less bullshit about the process of getting married and, most importantly (2) there's no divorce in the Philippines, which means you are fucked for life. Sure, if the marriage does not work out, you can buy an annulment, but that's gonna cost you $1,000 or so and takes a lot of time. Better to avoid the entire thing and go to Singapore for a civil ceremony on which the Catholic church cannot get its fingerprints.
You can always register your marriage, regardless of where it was performed, at the US Embassy. It's a simple process. I strongly recommend to guys thinking of having the actual ceremony performed here to think several times about it and then, if you're still committed to it, seek intensive psychological counseling.
GE[/QUOTE]
GE,
Are you speaking from experience or just providing information that you have gained through others? I often hear you speak of your lady in your posts as your "wife" and then other times its your "gf". Did you get married there in the PI or go somewhere else? Or maybe you're not married at all?
Also, if you register the marriage through the US Embassy does one still need to go through the process of getting a visa to bring her to the US?
Just curious.
Ol Timer
[QUOTE=GoodEnough]The easiest way to get married here is to grab your prospective bride and get yourself to another country in ASEAN for which she does not need a visa. This is true for two reasons: (1) there's altogether less bullshit about the process of getting married and, most importantly (2) there's no divorce in the Philippines, which means you are fucked for life. Sure, if the marriage does not work out, you can buy an annulment, but that's gonna cost you $1,000 or so and takes a lot of time. Better to avoid the entire thing and go to Singapore for a civil ceremony on which the Catholic church cannot get its fingerprints.
You can always register your marriage, regardless of where it was performed, at the US Embassy. It's a simple process. I strongly recommend to guys thinking of having the actual ceremony performed here to think several times about it and then, if you're still committed to it, seek intensive psychological counseling.
GE[/QUOTE]Ok I will opt for the counseling.
I'm still thinking about this. If you are living in the Philippines and do things this way, you aren't recognized as married in the Philippines. Then, if you have children.... and then divorce....well, it could get complicated.
And, why are you "fkd for life"? You mean that you could never marry a 2nd Filipina? When I was in the US Navy, some of the Filipino guys had a wife in the US and a "wife" in the Philippines. That was a long time ago and I'm not sure if the Philippine marriage was "on the books".
Anyway, I'm enjoying single life!
X Man
[QUOTE=GoodEnough]The easiest way to get married here is to grab your prospective bride and get yourself to another country in ASEAN for which she does not need a visa. This is true for two reasons: (1) there's altogether less bullshit about the process of getting married and, most importantly (2) there's no divorce in the Philippines, which means you are fucked for life. Sure, if the marriage does not work out, you can buy an annulment, but that's gonna cost you $1,000 or so and takes a lot of time. Better to avoid the entire thing and go to Singapore for a civil ceremony on which the Catholic church cannot get its fingerprints.
You can always register your marriage, regardless of where it was performed, at the US Embassy. It's a simple process. I strongly recommend to guys thinking of having the actual ceremony performed here to think several times about it and then, if you're still committed to it, seek intensive psychological counseling.
GE[/QUOTE]
Actually, you are recognized as being married here; you're just not recognized by the church as having been married, but then, who cares? Do you honestly think that Filipinas who go to the US or elsewhere on Fiancee Visas and get married overseas are not recognized as married when they return with their husbands? I assure you that they are.
You're fucked for life if you marry here because you cannot get divorced....ever. Of course, you can go back to the States or elsewhere and get some sort of quickie divorce, but that will not be recognized here, so you can never marry a Filipina in country. Also, I strongly suspect (but I do not know for sure) that an in-country marriage carries more legal weight in the event of an eventual dispute with your spouse-for-life than a marriage performed outside of the country.
The risks of in-country marriage are not worth taking to me, and it's not something that I would ever do, but that's just one person's opinion and others may not share it.
GE
[QUOTE=GoodEnough]You're fucked for life if you marry here because you cannot get divorced....ever. Of course, you can go back to the States or elsewhere and get some sort of quickie divorce, but that will not be recognized here, so you can never marry a Filipina in country.[/QUOTE]If a Filipina marries a foreigner in another country but the foreigner (not the Filipina) subsequently obtains a divorce in that country, the divorce WILL be recognized in the Philippines, and the woman WILL be free to remarry, whether in the Philippines or elsewhere.
I know this kind of question has been asked in one form or another, but i just feel STUCK and in disbelief that the answer has to be so difficult.
I want a girlfriend from the Phils to visit me on a tourist visa. In fact, I may want her sister or friend to come along as well.
She worked in a bar and is doing nothing now (I know....be cynical...ok, she's fucking guys right and left and is for sure a no good lieing ***** that is taking advantage of me (-: )
So, the fact that she can show no consecutive employment is a strike against her getting a visa. Even if she were working in a bar for 12 straight moinths, would that help? If she could put on the application she worked or "Papion" and say it is a "restaurant"?
Then she has to have a ton of money in her bank account to get this visa. No, I don't trust her with 1000s, so I don't want to give her access to 1000s of USD in an acct. I could go to the Phils and fly with her or we could fly seperate.
Then....she can stay for, what 60 days MAX with all extensions?
Bottom line is I read that one should just FORGET bringing a girl over on a tourist visa. Could it really be that bad?
I own a "LLC" company in the US. Would it be a better route to try to apply for the most limited work visa possible? This company has no employees in usa, just me, and her skills? ....well they are indeed very SPECIALIZED and DIFFICULT TO FIND in the US, but not quite what us imigration has in mind i think.
How the hell do I get her over here? I was looking at these "sugar daddy" websites and all these girls want $5000 to spend a couple days a week with you + be showered with gifts. I want a live in situation like I can have in the Phils! In a world of outsourcing this should be possible!
Hey WL,
I sent you a PM. I've had the same idea to bring a Filipina over to the states on a tourist visa.
I tried it about 6 months ago, but she was denied. She had never worked in a bar, had no "negatives". From everything I've heard, getting a tourist visa for a young Filipina is nearly impossible. She needs to show a hefty bank balance at the minimum. The criteria is based on the applicants ties to their home country. If she doesn't own property and / or have a very high paying job and have a significant long term bank balance, she will most likely be denied.
If anyone has an alternative or an approach that would work, I'd also be interested.
The work visa idea sounds more promising to me, but I expect that would get complicated.
Good luck WL.
CS
I researched this too. Outside of the wealthy class, business owners with at least 700k pesos in the bank for at least a year stand the best chance of getting a tourist visa. For everyone else, it is virtually impossible as it is assumed the filipino is going to go TNT. The burden is on the filipino to prove otherwise, and the bar is set too high for most of them.
I got the 700k figure from someone I ran into who runs a visa service. That's over US$15k which is more than most filipinos will see in their lifetimes.
You can try looking into student visas if she has enough secondary education to qualify, but that requires getting admitted somewhere stateside. Or you could try finding a nurse for a gf: if she is bright enough to pass the exam, she may be able to get a visa for nursing job.