Thanks for that Keith, we had this conversation last night about that very subject, i also spoke with another english guy who is married to a Filipina for one year now, and we met at the Philippine Embassy last year, his comments were similar to yours, in that lots of guys just show up with a Form and the fee, and little or no evidence of anything else, and then the girl gets refused, and they wonder why, he said "If the paperwork is right" there is nothing to worry about, we are assuming of course tht everyone has either read "British marrying filipinos" or they have been on our site, our site is actually Keith the only one in the UK that actively helps British Nationals, I have trawled the net, and their is nothing else as good as ours, or as informative.
I think sometimes their is a tedency to assume that everyone else views the process as important as we do, and that they have meticulously prepared for it, this is of course is proving to be the reverse.
The information that is provided in the sections
Courting and Relationships "How to prepare for Evidence of Relationship"
And Documentation information, is very good ad probably the best source of information on the web today, and I know Keith you and I are both proud of what we have here on this Forum.
I know of many cases, where people have come here, taken the information and have been successful in their endeavours to obtain a visa, thats somethig we can all be proud of.