FLR (M) and Passport Renewal

weve been married since april 2016..still not reported the marriage to the philippines. O dear..my bad.

we will get her ILR out of the way first..then citizen ship...then her UK PASSPORT..then attend to whatever piffling regulations her FORMER country may require...or maybe not. Got far more important issues to face first
like
whats for dinner...low carb of course.

If you fail to report the marriage within 12 months when you do report it, it will be classed as a "delayed report of marriage" lots of hoops to jump through see link
https://consular.dfa.gov.ph/consula...or-delayed-registration-of-report-of-marriage

but whats the point ?

my wife should get British citizenship next year--so then the will de facto no longer be filipina....even though she got a new passport last year. If she decided to re-apply for Phili citizenship--she would have to go through some process. But--what for ? she plans to live in the UK. that was the whole point of her going through all this visa palava.

is there such a thing as a philippines state pension ?

One of the benefits of holding a Filipino passport is there are no visa restrictions when she returns to the Philippines even for visits etc.
I believe there is a state pension but I think you have to of been paying into it for 10 years prior to the date of retirement.
We are considering if my wife will apply for her Filipino passport once she gets British Citizenship, her daughter will due to her age, but for wifey not sure yet.

another thing you just reminded me. does your wifes daughter have to apply for ILR and citizenship as well--or is it covered by her mothers application.

what i cant get my head round is--

in my wifes case--when she gets her brit citizenship--she will still have her phil passport--so whats to stop her using that if she goes back for a holiday ?

Yes as it outside the visa process

confused.com..so your wifes ILR covers her daughter ?

Booking flights might be messy with the travel document numbers

Yes and no the daughter is a dependant and can only get ILR if her mother gets it ILR is the end of the visa journey they could live in the UK on ILR for their lifetimes.
Citizenship is completely different and outside the visa journey

just use her phil passport to book the flights--like she has done the previous years.

whats to stop her using her phil passport in her phili name--the one she uses now even though we are married--then after ILR she uses my surname for citizen ship and her UK psassport.

I think the stumbling block will be when she returns to the UK she will of booked the tickets on a Filipino name and passport number I can't remember if the tickets are checked coming into the U.K. if they are then she would be asked for her visa if not she might be ok but I think it might be illegal to do it the way your suggesting also her British name wouldn't be on the passenger list and I think border control can see these lists when checking passports

ok thanks--so best if she uses her uk passport when she gets it--to travel there and back on. in which case prob better to keep her present name on it.

In case of family prying eyes in the Philippines?

there is that too. some know--some dont. sleeping dogs etc.

I think 6 to 8 weeks for a passport renewal is a bit guess work. We had an appointment which was two months in advance for Febuary 2nd. First available appiotment at the embassy. This was cancelled due to the lockdown. That's all most 8 weeks in itself. The website to rebook is giving us July 2021 which would make it 8 months before processing. Complete guesswork I would say. We have got flexible tickets just in case.

There is now a process to renew a passport for one year, not sure how quick that would be given the current situation.

I 'm with bigmac. on this one......what's the point.
we were married last August and have no intention of making a report of marriage.
Unless anyone can give us a very good reason for doing so.

@bigmac & @Mattecube are far more knowledgeable on these matters than I am...

The first 'issue' that comes to mind for me about failing to report a marriage to the Philippines authorities - apart from the financial penalty, which I believe is 'peanuts' compared to the penalties involved when 'falling' for a non-British national! (Visas etc) - is, they will not be able to get a new Philippines passport in their married name, if that is something they might wish to do.

Thanks for taking the time and trouble to reply.
I don't think she wants to do that. Her Philippines passport is valid for about 8 years before it expires so she can travel on that for now. In about 6 years she can apply for British citizenship and apply for a British passport in her married name.
Apart from it being a requirement of the Philippines authorities (and who is to know if it is not reported) i can't see the point.
If we had married in the Philippines it is not a requirement to register the marriage in the uk.
Petty Philippines bureaucracy????