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    Then your marriage in the US is the only legally binding one. Having a religious/church wedding here does not automatically mean you are married in the eyes of the law, even in the Philippines.
     
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    I believe it applies. The original post in this thread was just a summary of the full article I wrote way back when. If you go on to read the full article at the link in the OP you will see that I added quite a bit more about divorce in the Philippines:

    Laws you should know about - Philippines
    There Is No Divorce

    There is no divorce in the Philippines. It is possible to end a marriage with an annulment but this is very expensive and both parties must agree to it. On top of that, one of the parties must have a doctor verify that they are mentally unfit (and who wants to do that?). After that you must have a judge sign off on the paperwork. You had better hope that the judge is not a devout Catholic (he probably is) if you want his signature on that paperwork.

    Article XV, Section 2 of the 1987 Constitution:

    “Marriage, as an inviolable social institution, is the foundation of the family and shall be protected by the State.”

    If you get married in the Philippines there aren’t many ways out of it. Better make sure you are truly in love before you tie the knot. Keeping this in mind…..

    Since getting a divorce/dissolution of marriage is possible for a Philippine marriage in the US/Canada/UK/almost every other country in the world it is on topic for comments in this thread. :thumbsup:
     
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    I think the Catholic parish priest won't conduct a ceremony without proper coordination with the municipal/city hall. I know somebody who had it in a chapel there in Dumaguete which wasn't legal.
     
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    I think that's what @cabb was getting at.....getting married in a church in the Philippines is not necessarily a "legal" wedding. It would be considered a ceremonial wedding, and I don't see any reason why a priest (assuming the right amount of grease is applied) would refuse such a service. Philippines law/government does not give a crap about such things.
     
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    The church denied our request to shorten the 10-day period required from the date of the registration to the wedding that's why we had it at the municipal justice who was... "considerate". In the end, the haste was a waste because the Japanese Embassy declared it null and void. We had to redo it. I was married twice!:banghead2:
     
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    LOL, at least what that's what the Philippines Consulate in NY said if the marriage took place in the Philippines. The reacquistion document has the wife's full maiden name, then says "(married to Mr. NotReallyMyHusbandAnymore)". She didn't consider any of this a big deal, just rather humorous.
     
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    I have a canadian friend who will go back home next year and get a divorce,he was married in the pi. He will then be free to marry here again if he ever wanted once it has gone through and registered by nso.
     
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    Or they can marry in Canada assuming he is not remarrying the same (I know somebody who did) Filipina. :cat:
     
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    I found this link that describes that process. It sounds like it's more of a court/judicial thing than just NSO registration, but it does appear that the net result is as you've said, the foreign divorce is recognized for BOTH parties (as long as one was a foreigner to start).
    Recognition of foreign divorce decree in Philippine courts (1)
     
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