Best Posts in Thread: Canadian Marrying a Filipina Divorce Papers

I know I am being pessimistic (can't help it I have lived here very long time and it comes with the territory) but do yourself a HUGE favor and make sure your darling lovely woman was never married to anyone before. I have seen so many newbies come here and take a "bride" especially overseas only to find out their marriage is a lie (Bigamy) because they were already married to a local Filipino and separated but were either too embarrassed to admit it or were just outright lying to snag a "rich ATM foreigner".

I know this probably does NOT apply to you but please do yourself a favor and make sure.

 

try this link
How to get a copy of a Divorce Order, Certificate of Divorce or other court document - Ministry of the Attorney General

 

This is a peeve of mine and probably several other people. Women who start a relationship based on lies. "Paper married", saying one kid when they have 4. It wouldn't leave me any choice but to walk away because you can't build a solid relationship on a pile of sh*t. One of the biggest thieves and liars I have ever met told me that a man who will lie to you will steal from you also. Looking at personals one time I saw a cute woman who said she needed a man who would fight for their love. Danger! Damage! were the first things that went through my mind. Love, if love it be, is a fragile thing in the beginnings and easy to kill. It would be great to have a partner in crime who plots with you for a future but when they lie to you, they are plotting against you. If you are both lying to each other, you are perfectly matched and all I need is.

 

Yes, this falls under the 'do it yourself' part of the paperwork. Expats should request the CENOMAR personally to ensure you get an official copy and not a 'fixed' official copy.

 

I am also a Canadian. Take her there on a visitor's visa (or fiance). Once there she can do an affidavit of eligibility to marry. Your 2 divorces will be in the registrar computer. Marry her there. Simple....

 

Many that are married here go through the whole ceremony, and furnish all the required documents, complete filling out the correct marriage license information.

However to solve the "no divorce" concept in the Philippines should there be a problem, they do not file the final papers. The papers can be filed much later if everything works as planned, if things do not work out then separation/divorce is not even a requirement for splitting up, as there was no legal marriage. A lawyer with some balls (if not removed by his last wife) can explain the concept to you in more depth. I do not mean to be a pessimist but as noted here many have tried to have a "forever" marriage and it just does not work for them, no reason not to be prepared for all the situations that may arise.

How many Filipino couples do you know that introduced them as married but will eventually admit that they really not not formally married? They use the same system I am explaining to you.

 

The embassy or consulate, at least the USA, do no know if you were married before or now. You raise your hand and swear you are telling the truth. I do not know if there is any follow up verification, but I doubt it.

 

Go to the Canadian Embassy in Manila and get a certificate of Legal Capacity to get married,, it says right on the document that it is not required by the Canadian Government for a Canadian to get married overseas. But it works here..