Quote Originally Posted by lenboy View Post
yes iv got some idea !! but get a bit confused !!
let me explain why !! i know ive got to get paper work done before i go !! and i know i also have to get a CNI cert from local office !!

so when i go out to Cebu !! we get married ok !then i have to wait for the NSO certificate right !
then we can apply for a visa yes ? then what do we have to do in the mean time ? do i go to Manila with my wife !! and do i have to go to the British Embassy ? cos ive heard that i have to get the CNI cert done there again ? true ?
then my wife got to do the seminar !! the C.F.O yes ?

yes i know there is a lot of running around to do !! is there anything else i should know ?

it sounds like i would have to travel back alone cos i can not afford to stay out there for much more than 3 weeks !! as im self employed and don't get paid while im not working!!

it all seems a lot to do in a short time while in the Philippines , and also go to Manila which im dreading !!

so if you got any advice then i would be very appreciated and grateful...

many thanks for your time
Len and happy new year to you !!
Three weeks is enough time to get married if you do things in the right order. Firstly, get a flight to Manila, stay overnight, visit the British Embassy early on the next day and get your CNI exchanged for the local version (they will do this while you wait). Then get an onward flight to wherever your fiance lives and apply for a marriage certificate ASAP.

The marriage licence will take 10 days to be released and during that time you can attend your pre-marriage seminar and if your fiancee hasn't done already, arrange the wedding. Once your married the rest of the things that need to be done are really down to your new wife.

She is the one who must apply for the visa and she is the one who has to attend the CFO seminar,. What you can do to help her is to download the application form and go through it with her so that she knows how she should answer each question.

Also, if you travel to the Philippines (as I did) armed with all of the evidence she will require for her visa application ie, 6 months current/savings account statements, 6 months salary slips, accomodation evidence, relationship evidence and a well drafted letter of support, she should be ready to go to Manila and submit her application as soon as she gets her NSO marriage certificate and deposits the visa fee in one of the banks designated by British Embassy.

If you take my advice, once your actually married you should just chill out a bit and enjoy yourself before you travel back to the UK....... nothing much can be achieved in the short time you will have left out of a total of three weeks because things move quite slowly over there with the NSO etc.

Iain.

PS. When you apply for your marriage certificate as well as the local version of your CNI you will need your birth certificate and your decree absolute if you are divorced and your fiancee will need her birth certificate and her cenomar (Certificate of no marriage) from the NSO.