fiance visa !!!!

[jonathan47]

hello guys and gals i have just returned from philippines and have got engaged and we have put our fiance visa in on 8th oct anybody know what the time they are taking at the moment and is there any members in bury st edmunds suffolk hopefully my beautiful filipina annabel will be here before xmas ...by the way took lots of advice of the forum before submitting our application so thanks and keep your fingers crossed.

regards
jonathan and annabel

[scottishbride]

hello guys and gals i have just returned from philippines and have got engaged and we have put our fiance visa in on 8th oct anybody know what the time they are taking at the moment and is there any members in bury st edmunds suffolk hopefully my beautiful filipina annabel will be here before xmas ...by the way took lots of advice of the forum before submitting our application so thanks and keep your fingers crossed.

regards
jonathan and annabel

Goodluck on your wife's application! hope she will get in in few days time. I am one of the lucky ones who got the visa in 22 days. So hope your wife's next. :)

[Sophie]

welcome to the forum jonathan and annabel and all the best on your visa application :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[KeithD]

They are pretty quick now with the new system .... until they realise it is too efficient and so change it again :doh

[somebody]

Welcome and good Luck to you both:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[jonathan47]

thanks for the welcome its much appreciated,
scottishbride 22 days ! that would be wonderful, when was this recently, have you arrived in england and did you do the cfo sticker thing ?
jonathan

[kimmi]

Welcome to the forum jonathan and goodluck to Annabel's visa..:)

[reaandandrew]

hey jonathan,

we lodge my spouse visa application last oct.5.. well i hope for the success of our application.. goodluck to us..

[jonathan47]

@reaandandrew i wish you all the best i read on here a spouse visa being done in 9 days! i miss her so much we have been crying when we talk its so painfully to find the one you love and then to be apart but we are drawing strength from here seeing all the sucess stories see we being strong and positive.
we discussing at the moment whether i should go to manila to travel with her or if she will do this alone i know she will miss her family so think it would be easier if i was there with her so we can travel together to start our new life.also on how she will adapt to life here, what are you going to do ?
jonathan

[reaandandrew]

yah thats true, we've read so many success stories, i think theres one even had her for 1 day.. thats really great.. but u know its kind of scary to know what will be the decision, but we just wanna be positive about this..

its really painful to be away with our love one but we just have to be patient just like everyone else in this forum.. whatever happen or decision we get we'll still end up with a big smile in our face as wherever this takes us we'll still be with our love one at the end. i myself cant wait to be with my husband so much and spend my life with him.

if luckily ill be granted a visa before christmas i may just travel alone as its very costly to travel at that time of the year but if its next year then he may come over and pick me up. that depends.

ill pray for the success of our application and hopefully we'll get it soon.

send my regards to your fiance..

[tiN]

Welcome and Goodluck on your application Jonathan and Annabel :xxgrinning--00xx3::Hellooo:

[smiler78]

Got our Visa 3 weeks ago in just 7 days, best of luck and start planning your great christmas together. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Ji&Ma]

thanks for the welcome its much appreciated,
scottishbride 22 days ! that would be wonderful, when was this recently, have you arrived in england and did you do the cfo sticker thing ?
jonathan

Welcome in here Jonathan and Anabell :Hellooo:
You (your fiancee) MUST obtain the CFO before the departure - otherwise she will be DENIED travel, it is one of the requierements (read - "obstructions" :Brick: ) imposed by Philippines government on their citizens wishing to leave the country.:doh
For more info about CFO try to use the "Search" facility in the upper right of the green stripe - I'm sure you will get loads and loads of info as it was widely discussed in here recently.
Good luck :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[whiteraven]

:Hellooo:hi and good luck on your application:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Arthur Little]

hello guys and gals i have just returned from philippines and have got engaged and we have put our fiance visa in on 8th oct anybody know what the time they are taking at the moment and is there any members in bury st edmunds suffolk hopefully my beautiful filipina annabel will be here before xmas ...by the way took lots of advice of the forum before submitting our application so thanks and keep your fingers crossed.

regards
jonathan and annabel


:Hellooo: Welcome, Jonathan ... and Congratulations on your engagement. The way things seem to be going with the Embassy at present, there's every chance Annabel will have her fiancee visa well before Christmas.

Good Luck! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[jaishann]

hello guys and gals i have just returned from philippines and have got engaged and we have put our fiance visa in on 8th oct anybody know what the time they are taking at the moment and is there any members in bury st edmunds suffolk hopefully my beautiful filipina annabel will be here before xmas ...by the way took lots of advice of the forum before submitting our application so thanks and keep your fingers crossed.

regards
jonathan and annabel

goodluck jonathan and annabel

[Jay&Zobel]

Congratulations to you Jonathan and Annabel and best wishes!!

[angel1231]

congrats to both of you..:BouncyHappy::BouncyHappy:..hope your fiancee will like english weather when she comes on x mass....the best time :doh:doh:doh

[scottishbride]

thanks for the welcome its much appreciated,
scottishbride 22 days ! that would be wonderful, when was this recently, have you arrived in england and did you do the cfo sticker thing ?
jonathan

Hi Jonathan, I am still here in the Philippines. I am stuck here at the moment :D I am still waiting for my husband to get off from the ship. I will be travelling in Scotland on December. Done my CFO already.

[liane]

hello guys and gals i have just returned from philippines and have got engaged and we have put our fiance visa in on 8th oct anybody know what the time they are taking at the moment and is there any members in bury st edmunds suffolk hopefully my beautiful filipina annabel will be here before xmas ...by the way took lots of advice of the forum before submitting our application so thanks and keep your fingers crossed.

regards
jonathan and annabel

Congratulations on your engagement and good luck on your application!:Hellooo::Hellooo::Hellooo:

[jonathan47]

thank you all for your best wishes will keep you informed, if anyone lives east anglia particularly if you are new to england i think it would be nice for us and our partners to get together ?... maybe over xmas !!

[Elma]

Hello Jonathan... Congratulations for finding a beautiful filipina who will soon be your bride. I can assure you that you did the right choice knowing that Filipinas are great wives generally but you can also find rejects if you are unlucky. My husband and I are just new here in Bury St. Edmunds, we only moved in this area last August. So me too is also looking for filipino friends whom I can spend some of my free times because it's difficult to be on your own knowing no one of your own race in your new place. It would be great if she will be here soon and yes, my husband and I will be very happy to meet both of you.
Her visa application will be processed within 3 months and hopefully she will get it within 2 months just like mine. The only advise that I can give you is not to book a ticket until she get her visa because you might loose your money. Also, tell her to attend the seminar in Manila because it is one of the requirements that the immigration officer will ask on her departure. I was one of the 3 Filipinas who were offloaded on the day of our flight to UK because we didnt have the certificate as proof that we attended that seminar. So we informed the people from that office that we didnt know about such thing that's why we didn't go for it. They said they will inform the Embassy about it and hopefully they did so it will not happen again to other applicants who will loose their money because of their incompetence. Because they should have included it in the requirements. Well, I hope everything will be okay and good luck.
Elma

[Bluebirdjones]

Am sorry to here about your troubles re:the flight

BUT
It is not a requirement by the British Govt.... but the Philippines

.... so to give the impression that it was "wrong" of the British Embassy not to inform you is incorrect.

The British Embassy is fully aware of UK law .... not the strange, ambigious , changing nature
of Filipino law.
So to suggest their "incompetence" is very, very WRONG on your part.

The CFO is purely a way to extract more cash from departing Filipinos, pure & simple.
I can understand a voluntary information service .... but this is merely a way to
generate more cash

[jonathan47]

elma, really good to hear from you and welcome to bury st edmunds i hope you like it and are settling in ok, it would be great to meet up with you and your partner when annabel is here, at the moment i having a bit of a worry, should i have got something from NSO to say my fiance was free to marry or rather she not been married before ..we applied 8th October still not heard anything, now had application for 15 working days they say defferred pending further enquries but not written to me or annabel so assume its enquries within the philippines ...i am really struggling dont know what i will do if they refuse apart from go to the philippines and marry annabel but i got no more leave left untill may 2010 !!!!

what do you think ?
when i know that she is on her way would be good to swap email not sure you can post email addresses here but i am sure we can find away to talk....please pass my regards to your partner it would be nice to talk maybe he can advise too

take care and enjoy england
regards
jonathan and annabel

[girl england]

Goodluck on your wife's application

[Arthur Little]

Hello Jonathan...

My husband and I are just new here in Bury St. Edmunds, we only moved in this area last August. I was one of the 3 Filipinas who were offloaded on the day of our flight to UK because we didnt have the certificate as proof that we attended that seminar. So we informed the people from that office that we didnt know about such thing that's why we didn't go for it. They said they will inform the Embassy about it and hopefully they did so it will not happen again to other applicants who will loose their money because of their incompetence. Because they should have included it in the requirements. Well, I hope everything will be okay and good luck.
Elma

:Hellooo: Welcome, Elma. And thanks for informing Jonathan about the CFO requirement. In my opinion also, the onus ought to be on VFS staff to forewarn all overseas-bound fiance(e)s/spouses of this prerequisite ... at the time their visa applications are lodged with the Embassies of the countries involved ... thereby sparing prospective travellers much unecessary embarrassment, frustration and additional expense.

[darren-b]

:Hellooo: Welcome, Elma. And thanks for informing Jonathan about the CFO requirement. In my opinion also, the onus ought to be on VFS staff to forewarn all overseas-bound fiance(e)s/spouses of this prerequisite ... at the time their visa applications are lodged with the Embassies of the countries involved ... thereby sparing prospective travellers much unecessary embarrassment, frustration and additional expense.

I think we may disagree again... As bluebirdjones has already said it isn't the UK government's responsibility to tell Philippines citizens about Philippines laws and relegations. If for example I applied for a visa at the Chinese Embassy in London I wouldn't expect them to advise me about UK immigration laws.

This issue with CFO stamps has been going on for years and will continue to go on until the Philippines government removes this requirement.

[Arthur Little]

I think we may disagree again... As bluebirdjones has already said it isn't the UK government's responsibility to tell Philippines citizens about Philippines laws and relegations. If for example I applied for a visa at the Chinese Embassy in London I wouldn't expect them to advise me about UK immigration laws.

This issue with CFO stamps has been going on for years and will continue to go on until the Philippines government removes this requirement.

:doh Yes, I'm afraid we DO disagree! Okay, it may not be be the UK government's RESPONSIBILITY. But, since ... as you say ... the CFO issue has been ongoing for years, then I'd be very, very surprised [indeed, astounded!] if the British (or any other) Overseas Embassy for that matter, was unaware of its existence - and the hassle it causes would-be emigrants. In which case, surely the least Officialdom can do in the circumstances, is explain this one additional requirement to unsuspecting applicants (of which, I have to say, I was one!) ... as a GOODWILL gesture if nothing else. I mean, what possible harm could it do? ... especially given the cost of Settlement-type visas in the first place.

As regards your comparison with the Chinese Embassy, I cannot comment ... other than to say I'd expect to be fully informed in every sense as to what would be required of me, in order to comply with British Immigration Rules.

[darren-b]

:doh Yes, I'm afraid we DO disagree! Okay, it may not be be the UK government's RESPONSIBILITY. But, since ... as you say ... the CFO issue has been ongoing for years, then I'd be very, very surprised [indeed, astounded!] if the British (or any other) Overseas Embassy for that matter, was unaware of its existence - and the hassle it causes would-be emigrants. In which case, surely the least Officialdom can do in the circumstances, is explain this one additional requirement to unsuspecting applicants (of which, I have to say, I was one!) ... as a GOODWILL gesture if nothing else. I mean, what possible harm could it do? ... especially given the cost of Settlement-type visas in the first place.

As regards your comparison with the Chinese Embassy, I cannot comment ... other than to say I'd expect to be fully informed in every sense as to what would be required of me, in order to comply with British Immigration Rules.

So your answer is for the UK and other countries governments to spend time and money producing and maintaining leaflets to educate Philippines citizens about the laws of their own country? And then to get the blame if they forget to tell someone or give them incorrect information.

At the end of it if you are resident in a country it is your responsibility to understand any laws in that country that are relevant to you.

[Arthur Little]

So your answer is for the UK and other countries governments to spend time and money producing and maintaining leaflets to educate Philippines citizens about the laws of their own country? And then to get the blame if they forget to tell someone or give them incorrect information.

Why NOT? The UK Government [and no doubt, many others!] seemingly manage to turn a blind eye to millions being squandered on lots of non-justfiable, falsified and fraudulent expenses claims! Need I say more? :NoNo:



At the end of it if you are resident in a country it is your responsibility to understand any laws in that country that are relevant to you.

Yeah, that's all very well. :rolleyes: But the complexities of *Immigration Laws are such, that the AVERAGE citizen is likely to be bamboozled until he/she is directly affected by them ... by which time it is often too late to *assimilate their full content. And how many ordinary folk are "legal eagles" capable of disentangling all the complicated rigmarole that exists within this sphere?

[Florge]

hi jonathan! welcome to the forum..

As for the "debate" on CFO sticker... it would be best if there's a poster or leaflet in the VFS office informing applicants of its existence...

I only knew of that in this forum....

[Ji&Ma]

hi everyone.. im on the verge of giving up. Im a filipina and my boyfriend is from belfast, northern ireland.. iv been told by some relatives that they know lots of people in where their foreign husbands was the one who applied for the fiancee visa from their country. im currently here in the philippines, me and my boyfriend is wondering who will be the one who will apply for the fiancee visa.

also can u pls advise what would be the faster and easier way for me to get to belfast? also advise what are the important things we should do.

thanks so much in advance

Welcome in here Maya!:Hellooo:
First - DO NOT give up - no reason to do that, everything going to be just fine. Reckon I can say that many people in here were in the same situation (and often much much worse) as you are, some of them even on the verge of giving up or nerve breakdown but they persevered and made it to the successful and happy end of living together. That way you and you hubby had chosen isn't easy and sometimes it is very bumpy and jerky ride but it is well worth it.:cwm12:
To your question - unfortuanately there is NO WAY how to apply for the fiancee/spousal visa from UK.:NoNo:
UK immigration law allows only one way and that is to apply from the country of your residence - ie Philippines, using services of VFS Global (agency gathering applications for the UK visa, doing biometrics for the visa purpose and basic checks of the application - then forwarding the applications to the UK Embassy). Take a look at this web page: VFS Philippines (http://www.vfs-uk-ph.com/)
Reccomend you to check that web for some info regarding fiancee visa, to get much more necessary information on top of that please use the "SEARCH" facility in this forum as you can find a plenty of relevant info on the subject in here.
When you will be at the end of the wits you can make a new thread with your questions - lots of members will be happy to answer.
Good luck and HEAD UP, you can make it :cwm38: :xxgrinning--00xx3: :xxgrinning--00xx3: :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[darren-b]

Why NOT? The UK Government [and no doubt, many others!] seemingly manage to turn a blind eye to millions being squandered on lots of non-justfiable, falsified and fraudulent expenses claims! Need I say more? :NoNo:

Money being squandered on one thing does not justify money being wasted on something else. Especially as the BIA does generate some of it's own income through visas fees.


Yeah, that's all very well. :rolleyes: But the complexities of *Immigration Laws are such, that the AVERAGE citizen is likely to be bamboozled until he/she is directly affected by them ... by which time it is often too late to *assimilate their full content. And how many ordinary folk are "legal eagles" capable of disentangling all the complicated rigmarole that exists within this sphere?

A lot of laws/rules (not just immigration - driving for example) are complex, especially when they are of a different country to where you live, but that is not an excuse for not knowing about the ones relevant to you. The CFO rule is hardly complex, it's just the fact the Philippines government has this stupid rule that it doesn't necessarily educate it's people about.


hi jonathan! welcome to the forum..

As for the "debate" on CFO sticker... it would be best if there's a poster or leaflet in the VFS office informing applicants of its existence...

I only knew of that in this forum....

No doubt if the CFO provided the VFS with leaflets/posters to have in their office they would be happy to do so, but I suspect the CFO would not waste their money producing them.

[September]

Welcome Jonathan and good luck to your application.



hi everyone.. im on the verge of giving up. Im a filipina and my boyfriend is from belfast, northern ireland.. iv been told by some relatives that they know lots of people in where their foreign husbands was the one who applied for the fiancee visa from their country. im currently here in the philippines, me and my boyfriend is wondering who will be the one who will apply for the fiancee visa.

also can u pls advise what would be the faster and easier way for me to get to belfast? also advise what are the important things we should do.

thanks so much in advance

both of you,you will be the one to submit in vfs and he will support you to all the docs

[IainBusby]

hi everyone.. im on the verge of giving up. Im a filipina and my boyfriend is from belfast, northern ireland.. iv been told by some relatives that they know lots of people in where their foreign husbands was the one who applied for the fiancee visa from their country. im currently here in the philippines, me and my boyfriend is wondering who will be the one who will apply for the fiancee visa.

also can u pls advise what would be the faster and easier way for me to get to belfast? also advise what are the important things we should do.

thanks so much in advance

You will be the one who fills in the form and submits the visa application along with the supporting documents they will require from you, such as birth certificate, cenomar etc and your fiance will have to give or send you the evidence that they will require from him such as proof of his earnings, savings, adequate accomodation and a supporting letter etc. You will find a complete list of the documents and evidence they will require for a fiancee visa at http://www.vfs-uk-th.com/images/FianceeAndRegisterCivilPartnership.pdf Then you will have to pay the visa fee into one of the British Embassy's designated banks and then make an appointment to submit your completed visa application at VFS Global http://www.vfs-uk-ph.com/ in Manila.

[liane]

Hi... just want to welcome you here. :Hellooo::Hellooo::Hellooo:

[Arthur Little]

As for the "debate" on CFO sticker... it would be best if there's a poster or leaflet in the VFS office informing applicants of its existence...

... :iagree: basically, that's more or less what I'VE been advocating all along. But it seems that such a move would have to come from the *Phils Govt ... *which, I suppose, would be reluctant to bear the cost of having posters/leaflets printed. It's a good, sensible idea though! And I still feel SOMETHING should be done.


I only knew of that in this forum....

Me too!! ... :Erm: well ... it was through a [former] regular contributor here that I heard of the CFO's existence ... someone whom I befriended during my first trip to Tagum. I'm certainly glad I listened to this person, otherwise I'd have found myself "up the creek" like Elma!

[Arthur Little]

thank you all for the advice and giving us direction on what to do. do u think its easier for my visa to be approved if we get married through civil, married by a judge? if im applying as spouse? and about the interview, can u pls give me some advices what to tell and what not to tell.. and what would be the possibility that the fiance visa will be approved within the month or 7 days like the others?

:Hellooo: A belated welcome to the forum.

I BELIEVE it's easier if you opt for a civil ceremony, because the original marriage certificate is then passed directly up the line for NSO verification in Manila ... whereas, the Catholic Church has a tendency to allow certificates from several weddings to pile-up before passing them over - in bulk - to local Municipal Registrars. :rolleyes: But this is only MY opinion.

As regards a spouse being interviewed by the British Embassy, I think it would be safe to say that this is only likely to happen IF, the Entry Clearance Officer assigned to a case, is not fully satisfied with all - or any relevant part - of the evidence submitted by an applicant.

And finally, it's difficult to guage how long it will take to assess either of the two types of visa application you've mentioned - although, there has been a recent trend towards a speedier outcome.

Hope this helps!