Now married and spousal visa is next

[acs]

Congrats on your wedding.
I too will soon be applying for my spousal visa. As i think it will be more convenient for me in the future to used my husband's surname already on my passport (as Scotland is a bit further from london...philippine embassy's location) i undergo cfo seminar and councelling first in cebu. Its a requirement when a filipino/filipina married a foreign national and want to use his/her spouse surname.
The address has been mention here on the forum before and when your wife shall go there...let her bring
a. applicant's birth certificate
b. marriage certificate
c. divorce papers (recopy)
d. 2 or more valid i.d's.
e. spouse's birth certificate ( Recopy)
f. passport if one has applied for a passport before and it is still valid
g. pictures of the two of you
If all is completed within the day...seminar and councelling. One can get the cfo certificate (Color blue and green) in just one day. When visa is granted one can get the sticker immediately also just present the color green cfo certificate at the CFO office.
Then i went to DFA (department of Foreign Affairs) in my place. Then apply for my passport...750 pesos for 11 days processing and 500 pesos for 20 days processing. DFA requires these
1. Birth Cerificate in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the National Statisctics Office (NSO) or Certified True Copy Of BC by the Local Civil Registrar duly authenticated by NSO.
2. Three (3) colored photos (Royal Blue Background)
3. Marriage Certificate in security paper issued by NSO or True Copy issued by Local registrar duly authenticated by NSO. And any of these other supporting documents
a. PRC ID
b. land title
c. driver's license
d. Government Service Record
e. Old SSS-E1 form /digitized SSS-ID
f. School form 137 or Transcript of records
g. Voter's Registration Record
h. Baptismal Certificate
i. Income tax return
j. Other documents that show full name and birth details of applicant and citizinship.
Hope this helps for the passport processing of your wife.

[aposhark]

Congrats on your wedding.
I too will soon be applying for my spousal visa. As i think it will be more convenient for me in the future to used my husband's surname already on my passport (as Scotland is a bit further from london...philippine embassy's location) i undergo cfo seminar and councelling first in cebu. Its a requirement when a filipino/filipina married a foreign national and want to use his/her spouse surname.
The address has been mention here on the forum before and when your wife shall go there...let her bring
a. applicant's birth certificate
b. marriage certificate
c. divorce papers (recopy)
d. 2 or more valid i.d's.
e. spouse's birth certificate ( Recopy)
f. passport if one has applied for a passport before and it is still valid
g. pictures of the two of you
If all is completed within the day...seminar and councelling. One can get the cfo certificate (Color blue and green) in just one day. When visa is granted one can get the sticker immediately also just present the color green cfo certificate at the CFO office.
Then i went to DFA (department of Foreign Affairs) in my place. Then apply for my passport...750 pesos for 11 days processing and 500 pesos for 20 days processing. DFA requires these
1. Birth Cerificate in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the National Statisctics Office (NSO) or Certified True Copy Of BC by the Local Civil Registrar duly authenticated by NSO.
2. Three (3) colored photos (Royal Blue Background)
3. Marriage Certificate in security paper issued by NSO or True Copy issued by Local registrar duly authenticated by NSO. And any of these other supporting documents
a. PRC ID
b. land title
c. driver's license
d. Government Service Record
e. Old SSS-E1 form /digitized SSS-ID
f. School form 137 or Transcript of records
g. Voter's Registration Record
h. Baptismal Certificate
i. Income tax return
j. Other documents that show full name and birth details of applicant and citizinship.
Hope this helps for the passport processing of your wife.

Thanks a lot acs for this thorough reply

Can I ask you why you went for the cfo seminar and councelling first in cebu?
Can Rochelyn get the passport first?

[acs]

hallo again aposhark.
I went for cfo first in cebu cause that is one of the requirements for the issuance of passport for a filipina whos spouse is a foreign national and opted to use their husband's surname.

.......Per Republic Act 8239 and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Order 28-94, Filipinos proceeding abroad as fiancé(e)s and spouses of foreign nationals are required to attend the CFO's guidance and counseling programs as a pre-requisite to the issuance of passports.

For the question can your wife Rochelyn apply already, it is said that an MC from the Local Civil Registrar duly authenticated by the NSO is also acceptable to them. But usually this does not happen so, specially in your case that the marriage just happened recently. The NSO has not yet have it in their system registered.
Just have your MC be electronic endorse to the NSO, all she got to do is to go to the Local Civil Registry where your marriage is registered, she will be ask to pay a small amount to have it she can have it then in a maximum of a month (longest time).
Hope this helps.

[acs]

I have to make it clear also before i went to cebu for CFO i already have my Marriage Certificate from the NSO, plus those other documents i have mention...all i need is a passport.
God bless...