le_frenchy 
hi welcome, im married to scotish guy here in phil.and after we married he applied for permament residence at manila emmegration and he have a 1 year provisionary then after 1 year he can apply for another visa for permament visa,the requirements is merrage cirit,devorce papers if ur devorce,ur birth cirti,ur spouse birth cirti and nbi clearance of urs then wait for 1 month to get ur provisionary visa.but my husband now after he finsihed his 1 year visa he decide to go back to the uk and live there with me,now im just waiting for my spouse visa result hope this wil help u.
