Congrats To My Asawa

[RonHenk]

My wife of 27 years, Carmen FINALLY took the US citizen test Dec 4 and passed with flying colors. Sworn in and naturalized the same day. Way to go Honey Ko. I'm proud of you!

[Gerald Glatt]

Great

[JJReyes]

Congratulations. Newly minted citizens are among the hardest working, law abiding Americans. Most appreciate the honor and privilege of natural citizenship, sometimes more than those who are native born.

[lonewolf]

congratulations

[Steve & Myrlita]

Well done.

[SubicSteve]

Congrats.  Just to make it clear, your wife is no longer a citizen of the Philippines.  If she wants to become a Philippine citizen again she will need to fill out all the paperwork and take the oath at a Philippine consulate. 

 

I see you are moving back to the Philippines so you should look in to this.  I do believe you can't avail yourself of the Balikbayan visa and I am not sure what her status is when returning to the Philippines since she is not a citizen anymore. 

Edited December 8, 2014 by SubicSteve

[RonHenk]

Congrats.  Just to make it clear, your wife is no longer a citizen of the Philippines.  If she wants to become a Philippine citizen again she will need to fill out all the paperwork and take the oath at a Philippine consulate. 

 

I see you are moving back to the Philippines so you should look in to this.  I do believe you can't avail yourself of the Balikbayan visa and I am not sure what her status is when returning to the Philippines since she is not a citizen anymore. 

 

Steve, thanks for your reply and I understand what your saying. I do believe we can still get Balikbayan as the consulate website says it's for "former Philippine citizens and their spouses/children". I would love to get her dual citizenship, except for the fact that she was married before and the Philippines does not recognize divorce, so in their eyes (as a Philippino citizen) she is still married to her first husband and not me. Unless you or someone else here knows a way around that?

[SubicSteve]

Ron,

 

You are correct:

 

 

1. Who are eligible under Balikbayan Program?

a. A Balikbayan, who may be either one of the following:

i.   A Filipino citizen who has been continuously out of the Philippines for a period of at least one (1) year;

ii.  A Filipino overseas worker;

iii. A former Filipino citizen and his family who had been naturalized in a foreign country and comes or returns to the Philippines.

b. Immediate family members (spouse and children) of the Balikbayan, who are nationals of countries falling under EO 408, traveling together with the Balikbayan.

 

 

 

 

 

So it looks like both you and your wife can stay 1 year as Balikbayan and then apply for the tourist visa extensions or leave the country and come back together(your best bet)before the 1 year mark.  I assume her Philippine passport is invalid at this time also.  When she comes here to live, both of you will have to keep your visas current as I see it.  I could be wrong but I just wanted you to be aware of it.

[Gerald Glatt]

If she was married outside of the Philippines and that country has divorce then she is legally divorced in Fil too.  That is how it was explained  to me, and as I understand what I rad on the internet........so must be right cause every thing on the net is true ever since Gore invented it

[Jack Peterson]

We have talked about this issue not long ago. I think you may find the link useful to you. In essence there is not divorce here but if the divorce was outside the RP and in a country that recognizes Divorce, here is how she should proceed to get it recognized  in the RP and thus should have no problem with the DFA or Immigration.

Hope it helps and I would wish you well in the Future. :thumbsup:

 

http://www.hg.org/article.asp?id=20090

 

 

JP :tiphat:  :)