Once again, thanks for the replies from the earlier post, especially Pete regarding the financial support - you are correct on all your points, I was not the best supporting person there.

anyway, I've been reading some sites and they say (some also say this is rubbish) for my philippine girlfriend to get a fiancee visa to marry me in the UK she also needs to supply these 2 certificates with her application:

Certificate of Singleness - I've also heard that if the embassy wants to know this they will get this themselves.
Birth certificate.

Also, is it possible to book a date with the CAVA call centre so that if I do go out there we can have a date prebooked for when I arrive?

I have let my girlfriend down so she did the same to me - I have told her what she did with this other guy is also my fault.

thanks for your help again,

Lee