divorce in Philippines

[stevetheduke]

Hi everyone,
My name is Steve im new to this forum and would really appreciate a little advice. My girlfriend Arlene is Filipino and is currently in Manila we have been in a relationship for 9 months, im wanting to bring her to the UK. Arlene married a Filipino man years ago and they have seperated although they are still married, would we have to go about obtaining an annulment or divorce before applying for a fiance visa?
Im under the impression that matters like these can take forever in the Philippines, how long would this take? Im prepared to wait as long as it takes and do anything i have to shes a great girl and worth waiting for but i really want to get things moving, what steps should i take now?
Many thanks
Steve

[ginapeterb]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(stevetheduke &#064; Jun 2 2006, 04&#58;59 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Hi everyone,
My name is Steve im new to this forum and would really appreciate a little advice. My girlfriend Arlene is Filipino and is currently in Manila we have been in a relationship for 9 months, im wanting to bring her to the UK. Arlene married a Filipino man years ago and they have seperated although they are still married, would we have to go about obtaining an annulment or divorce before applying for a fiance visa?
Im under the impression that matters like these can take forever in the Philippines, how long would this take? Im prepared to wait as long as it takes and do anything i have to shes a great girl and worth waiting for but i really want to get things moving, what steps should i take now?
Many thanks
Steve
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Steve

You are correct, your GF is subject to Filipino law, even though she has been in a legal seperation for years, yor GF would require to file for a Legal Anulment before she may be admitted to the UK on a Fiancee Visa, this process may take up to 2 years, but will be at least 18 months.

There are a number of Legal Anulment specialists in the Philippines, the cost is normally around 150,000 to 200,000 PHP, the outcome is not guaranteed, there are only certain grounds by wich an anulment may be granted, its a very complicated procedure, your GF needs to investigate this on her own behalf, patience and long waiting is required, there is a complete procedure here on this Forum for the Legal Anulment, happy reading &#33;&#33;&#33;

Best of luck with it, I don&#39;t envy you in this.


Pete

Steve I found this information that I presented some months previously, its appropriate to your post, please read it.



Happy reading


Pete


Legal Anulment

[Admin]

Would slipping them a few dollars in a brown envelope speed it up? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yikes.gif[/img] Seems to work with most other things in the Phil......mind you, they aren&#39;t as corrupt as our goverments [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Grin.gif[/img]

[ginapeterb]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(admin &#064; Jun 3 2006, 08&#58;56 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Would slipping them a few dollars in a brown envelope speed it up? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yikes.gif[/img] Seems to work with most other things in the Phil......mind you, they aren&#39;t as corrupt as our goverments [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Grin.gif[/img]
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It seems to be Keith, that there is a political sub culture of total indifference to disolving marriages in the Philippines, as the country relies so much on the core unit of the family, and is influenced so much politically by the Catholic Church, the Filipino authorities are reluctant to annul marriages unless there are compelling reasons to do so, such as one of the marriage contractors is incapacitated and was unable to perform the functionary duties of a marriage partner, the whole process is described here, when we got this before, slipping money under the table may work actually, but that generally is to the lawyers, who then pass on the relevant share to the Judge who will handle the case.

I&#39;m sure it works, when money talks, morals soon dissapear out of the door.

Pete

[Admin]

Cheques in the post Pete [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Grin.gif[/img]

[stevetheduke]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ginapeterb &#064; Jun 2 2006, 09&#58;25 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>

Hi Pete,

Thankyou for your advice, yes it seems im in for quite an adventure with this.
The link you sent looks very detailed, will be studying it carefully. I just hope
my GF will be able to visit me on a visitors visa at some point as spending the next
2 years just visiting her on holiday will be hard work, still lets see how it all goes.

Thanks once again
Steve

Steve

You are correct, your GF is subject to Filipino law, even though she has been in a legal seperation for years, yor GF would require to file for a Legal Anulment before she may be admitted to the UK on a Fiancee Visa, this process may take up to 2 years, but will be at least 18 months.

There are a number of Legal Anulment specialists in the Philippines, the cost is normally around 150,000 to 200,000 PHP, the outcome is not guaranteed, there are only certain grounds by wich an anulment may be granted, its a very complicated procedure, your GF needs to investigate this on her own behalf, patience and long waiting is required, there is a complete procedure here on this Forum for the Legal Anulment, happy reading &#33;&#33;&#33;

Best of luck with it, I don&#39;t envy you in this.
Pete

Steve I found this information that I presented some months previously, its appropriate to your post, please read it.
Happy reading
Pete
Legal Anulment
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[Admin]

I never said this........&#39;What if hubby.....erm....had....erm....an accident?&#39; [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yikes.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yikes.gif[/img]