Quote Originally Posted by Florge View Post
Hi, I can only suggest this simple solution to your case: file a case against your husband in violation of Republic Act 9262 (Violence against Women and their Children). When a formal complaint happens, you can then go to DFA to report him and ask that he gets deported. Once that happens, you were able to get rid of your husband.... don't file annullment yet... wait till he divorces you when he's in UK.. and I'm sure he will.. in that case, once the divorce is done, your marriage here in the Phils is automatically disolved (Art. 26 of Family Code).
I'm not so sure he would divorce her once he's in the UK. There are lots of people here who have been separated from an ex husband or wife for many years and have never bothered to get divorced because they probably see it as an unnecessary expense. Many end up just living together with a new partner and if and when they do get divorced, it is usually because they have decided to re-marry.

It is also possible that if his previous marriage took place in the Philippines, he might re-marry in the UK without bothering to get divorced as there would be no trace of his previous marriage in the UK.
Iain.