Filipino Marriage and Partner 13A Visa

Sec.13A marriage visa is a kind of long-term residence visa in the Philippines, and those who want to apply for 13A visa are required to marry Filipinos and obtain Philippine marriage certificate before they can apply.

The validity period of the initial application for 13A marriage signature is 1 year. After 1 year, the application can be changed to 5 years, and the expiration of 5 years can be changed to 10 years. If the 10 years also expire, the local permanent residence can be obtained. In other words, people who get a 13A marriage contract can obtain local permanent residency after 16 years, and can also apply for Filipino citizenship.

However, it is a friendly reminder that divorce in the Philippines is a very difficult thing. If you want to determine the marriage is invalid, you not only need to pay a high fee, but the entire determination process even takes 10 years. Therefore, once the marriage is certified by the church or the mayor, the property of the two people will be bound together. If it is only for a visa, not true love, the problems of child support and property may be entangled in the future, with endless troubles. However, if you meet true love, this is the easiest long-term residence program, but still do a little spouse's family background check oh!