Hi everyone. I hope somebody out there can help me. I met a beautiful girl on the net and we are chatting everyday.. this has been going on for months. Anyway, I have booked a trip to Manila to stay with her family over Christmas. I fly on the 24/12 and come back on the 3/1/07. We have also been making some plans to marry (on the 24/3/07)... and I assumed that I would be OK by booking flights for 16th March 07 with return flight on 13th April 07. Both these flights are booked. My girl has already been making lots of plans including booking the church and our wedding package has also been booked (for 24/3/07). A friend who has just married there tells me that I need to be in Manila for 21 days prior to the wedding.... so that the wedding banns can be read out. He also tells me that I will need to be in Manila for a full 42 days to get through the full marriage process. Can anyone tell me. is this correct? If so I am in a real pickle . I know about the CNI and will be applying for one here in the UK sometime into 2007. Thank you.