Hello from the UK. I did write back in the winter about my meeting a young Filipino lady. That online relationship came to end and I am now planning a life with another older lady. On Oct 8th I am flying to the Philippines to marry and live my life there permanently with this lady having spent 3 months there until recently. What I wish to know is will I be required to be police checked here in the UK and will I also be required to have medical clearance. I have no police record and have a copy of my vaccination history along with blood tests results taken in May of this year. Everything else appears to be in order and I believe a certificate of no impediment is not required because her registry office has already seen a copy of my divorce, albeit from 1988. I will be taking this document and birth certificate to the Philippines as evidence. Can anyone advise on this please? Alan
Welcome back Alan - glad to hear you got out alive! Not the mother or auntie is it? You will need a cenomar and original/copy birth certificate - apostilled. Affidavit of legal capacity to marry - notarised - check this link Divorcees need judicial degree - the "absolute" thing - apostilled/notarised - check the same link and take all your papers just in case. Book up for the sexual education lesson/pre marriage counselling - if she's past that they may let you off .... Normally require the bands to be done (varies about 2-3 weeks?) .... Church or not. Agree the fee with the Priest/Judge/Captain(?) - shop around some of them want a meal and to give you additional education... Arrange a couple of people to be witnesses and... Apply for a marriage license. Anyway, you can forget all that medical stuff - but take it just in case but it's all over now. You'll need to do this new e-travel thingy Don't forget an onward ticket. You're cutting it a bit fine to get UK Police clearance I think. So on the VISA side I would Get a (9a) tourist visa/waiver at the airport then tourist visa to cover your marriage period, then extend for 2/6 months and apply for 13a long term visa. You can obtain NBI (police) clearance here after 6 months. Out of interest, are you getting married in the location your new partner where your partner was born and grew up in... has she worked abroad or anything? I ask this because I know of a number of women here who have more than one husband - Seriously - they can be married abroad, Hong Kong, Singapore or even locally but in a different region of the Philippines etc. What you don't want to do is find out about it later after you've tied the knot... as then you'll discover there is probably an old husband/kids in the background and you're being used as the family meal ticket etc.... which will turn things a bit sour. Anyway, give us all an update Alan nice to hear what transpired...
Good, accurate post. O.P. take note of this, and you won't go wrong. When I (a divorcee) married here in 2015, I procured my Affidavit confirming my freedom to marry (replacing the old UK Cenomar) from the British Embassy in Manila, after first having filled out the form online. Check their website. If you are going to settle here (in the Phils) and planning to apply for a 13A visa, then, as pointed out above, you can get NBI clearance for that, for around p250... once resident in the Phils for 6 months or more. Don't worry about (expensive) UK 'police clearance'. Not needed. Just make sure to bring originals of your UK divorce cert, and your birth cert. Oh, and DON'T rush into marriage !!! WHY ?
Just wanted to say good luck Alan, keep us updated and let us know whereabouts you settle in the Philippines
Thank you for all the info. My dear lady is joining me here in Wales tomorrow and we will continue to empty my house of furniture etc. Sold quite a few things on Facebook and Gumtree and only 3 more large items to go before Sept 30th and my nice little Renault Twingo. Gina will help tidy the house and garden as well as taking bits to charity shops so plenty to keep us busy. I have been phoning on and off this week the courts where my original divorce paper is. ( I do have a copy) but there is never an answer. I will keep trying.
I went to the British Embassy in Manila, at McKinley Hill to swear my affidavit. One thing is that it was a timed appointment which I made online. The other thing was that my wife-to-be was not allowed in to wait with me, and so, sat in the taxi at the gate for the eternity that I was in the Embassy. It was a pretty hot day, so both the taxi driver and my wife were naturally overjoyed at having to wait so long for me to emerge.
One reminder about the Affidavit: After having printed out your form, previously filled in online, DO NOT sign it. This has to be done (signing) in front of the British Embassy official, at your appointment.
You can get the affidavit affirmed in many local government offices not all but many, check with your local office if they do it, this may save time and cost in avoiding Manila
