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Visa Issues For Your Filipina Bride
By: Peter
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As incidents of Filipino citizens flying to the United States
or other countries and not returning home pile up, government and
the foreign embassies were prompted to implement stricter
measures in issuing visas.
When a foreigner crosses cultures just to acquire a Filipina
bride, he has to go through numerous hassles, like complying with
mountains of paperwork, spending hundreds of dollars and waiting
for a long time before he can finally take his Filipina bride to
his country. Processing the requirements for a fiancee or spouse
visa takes time and the length of the waiting time depends on
where you live.
You can either apply for a fiancee visa (K1 Fiancee Via) or a
spouse visa (IR-1) for your Filipina bride, but you still have to
comply with several requirements. There are many specialized
lawyers that can help you with this. The law requires that you
and your Filipina girlfriend must have been legally free to marry
and if your girlfriend is granted a fiancee visa, you have to
marry her within 90 days after arrival in your own country.
You may need to show documents to prove your relationship with
your Filipina girlfriend so keep track of those emails you
exchanged with each other, letters, photos, plane tickets and any
other proof that you have a relationship going on.
To obtain a spouse visa for your Filipina bride, first of all you
must get married so you can petition your Filipina wife to
migrate to your own country. If you get married in the
Philippines, you must comply with all the requirements of
applying a marriage certificate and getting married whether in
the church or civil ceremony.
You must not forget to bring important documents if you want to
get married in the Philippines, like your US passport, an
Affidavit from the US Embassy, a divorce decree or spouse's death
certificate if you were previously married, proof that you have
informed your parents if you are 22 to 24, or proof of parental
consent if you are 18 to 21 years old. These are needed in filing
for a marriage license. Your marriage must be authentic and valid
under the Philippine laws, and only then can you file a petition
to get a visa for your Filipina wife.
Here is a brief run on the procedures of acquiring a spouse visa.
After you return to your own country, you should file a petition
with the nearest office of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service (INS) where your place of residence is covered. The INS
will in turn send the papers to your Filipina bride for her to
comply. You and your Filipina bride must return all required
forms to the National Visa Center, who will in turn forward all
of the documents to the US Embassy, including your Affidavit of
Support.
Your Filipina bride will then have to wait for an interview with
the consular officer in your Embassy who will determine if she
will be issued a visa or not. If you join bride tours, they will
take care of all the visa processing and immigration procedures
but if you came on your own, you and your Filipina fiance will
have to do the petitioning or applying of her visa.
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