Jollygoodfellow Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 Let me get this straight. The Philippines wants us to prove we are worthy of marrying their women. Able to support a family? is that also the woman's extended family as well as your own? Under the measure, the prospective foreign husband will be required to produce a certificate of good moral character and a certificate that he has a gainful trade, business, employment or other lawful source of income to be issued by his country’s diplomatic or consular official, in addition to the usual certificate of legal capacity. Good moral character? Can we get a certificate from the Filipina to prove she is not a scammer or marrying for money? Can we get a guarantee from the Filipina and her family that we wont wake up dead from a mystery bullet or find ourselves deported and loose the house over some made up crime? These dipsticks politicians should get real and look in their own backyard and why is it not required for a Filipino to prove they can support a family before marriage? The more I see every day is anti foreigner but I like your dollars thanks. :bash: Marrying a Filipina? It's about to get tougher Non-Filipinos may soon need to prove their capacity to support their Filipina bride. Manila: For non-Filipino men, marrying a Filipina may be about to get tougher. If you're a foreigner planning on tying the knot with a Filipina sweetheart, you will soon need to prove your capacity to support your bride - if Philippine Congress gets its way. A new legislation passed on second reading in the House of Representatives on Wednesday mandating additional requirements for male foreigners to want to marry Filipinas. “The bill shall protect Filipino women against exploitation of foreigners who marry without evident means to support a family,” Pangasinan Rep. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas, who chairs the committee, was quoted in a Philippine Star report. The House Committee on Revision of Laws pushed for House Bill 4828, which substituted House Bill 2387 authored by Cebu Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia. Garcia earlier said some of the foreigners landing in the Philippines to marry Filipino women turn out to be vagabonds or social and moral derelicts in their own country. “(For some) the real motive for marriage is only to take advantage and exploit our women by making them work for the family and worse, by sending them to prostitution and other degrading and dehumanising occupations,” she said. “The exploitation of our Filipino women, through the so-called mail-order or pen-pal, Facebook and other internet-made marriages, has not only caused untold misery and suffering to our Filipino women but it has also brought dishonour and disgrace to the Filipino womanhood,” Garcia added. Under the measure, the prospective foreign husband will be required to produce a certificate of good moral character and a certificate that he has a gainful trade, business, employment or other lawful source of income to be issued by his country’s diplomatic or consular official, in addition to the usual certificate of legal capacity. The measure amends Article 21 of Executive Order 209, otherwise known as the Family Code. Philippine Congress is comprised of the 24-member uppper house (Senate) and the 292-member lower house (House of Representatives) In a Yahoo post, "Cyra" explained why some Filipinas marry foreigners. The post said: "I'm a Filipina married to a foreigner and we live in the Philippines. This (question) is something that has no easy answer and can't be generalised. In my case, we get along very well and have similar values and background." See the proposed laws here. http://gulfnews.com/news/world/philippines/marrying-a-filipina-it-s-about-to-get-tougher-1.1374293 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 Whatever happened to the criminal indictment for graft and corruption filed by the Ombudsman against the former governor in regard to the Balili land purchase fiasco? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Americano Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 Gwendolyn Garcia is just jealous that she can't get a foreigner boyfriend or husband. This proposal makes no sense at all since Filipino men are not required to prove that they can support a wife either. And, they are not even required to get married or stay with one woman. What is the percentage of Filipino men who can't support a wife and the percentage of foreigner men? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methersgate Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 Gwen Garcia is notoriously hostile to foreigners. This Bill is an egregious piece of grandstanding by her. As a Brit I already have to demonstrate that I have the financial capacity to support a Filipina bride if I apply for a spouse or fiancee visa for her; I also have to demonstrate that the relationship is genuine, and of course that I am free to marry... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyAway Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 As a Brit I already have to demonstrate that I have the financial capacity to support a Filipina bride if I apply for a spouse or fiancee visa for her; I also have to demonstrate that the relationship is genuine, and of course that I am free to marry... Same here in USA! Now if only Philippines would allow foreigners to actually work at good trades! Amazing how they can come to USA and then send back earnings to Philippines. My wife still cracks up about all this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeehound Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 Place more obstructions in the way and all they will gain is cutting off the foreign husband cash cow, and lots more single moms dumped by their fine upstanding Filipinos. Not very bright... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 I don't know if the congresswoman is generally hostile to foreigners; as governor, she did personally intervene to get Berger released when it was obvious (to everyone but the police) that it was physically impossible for the couple to be involved in the child's murder. But I believe all politicians are hostile to foreigners and that reflects the views of their constituency. The fact is the Philippines, like every other euphemistically-described “developing” country in the world, has legions of women scamming lonely, mostly older foreigners. Sometimes it's the other way around but the latter palls in comparison to the former. Surely there are more pressing local matters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support scott h Posted August 21, 2014 Forum Support Posted August 21, 2014 Garcia earlier said some of the foreigners The operative word is "some". Where there is smoke there is usually fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tukaram (Tim) Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 I guess if they don't want us marrying the girls we can stay single and screw around with more of them? Is that better? :tiphat: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Dry Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 I guess if they don't want us marrying the girls we can stay single and screw around with more of them? Is that better? :tiphat: Possibly..............Probably........ :dance: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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