Marry a Filipina--Filipina Brides; Internet Penpals

The next step after meeting your future wife in the Philippines will be to make a decision regarding her visa.  I'll share a few basic things I've learned regarding bringing your wife or fiancee back to the United States (I'm not sure how it works with other Western countries).

Fiancee Visa vs Spousal Visa

The fastest way to get her back to the USA would be through a fiancee visa (get engaged in the Philippines then marry her in the USA).  This process takes around six months for the visa to get approved.  Once approved you have 90 days to get married.

The other route is the spousal visa (marrying in the Philippines).  A spousal visa usually takes about nine months to get approved.

Your wife will need to stay in the USA for about 3-4 years to become a full US citizen.

I'd highly recommend you get the folks at Filipina Fiancee Visa to help you with the visa process.  There are fees involved, but this is one of the best investments you can make.  I've had several interactions with this company and I haven't been able to stump them with my questions (some of which have been quite complicated).

You can try do all the paperwork without assistance, but most of the guys I know decided to get professional help.  The problem is that just one mistake on one line of a form can send it to the bottom of the pile and delay the process for months.  I've had several friends warn me about precision with the paperwork.

I would also advise against trying to get a tourist visa.  I know of expats living in the Philippines who have tried to arrange for their Filipina wives to visit the States this way (so his wife can meet his family).  Getting a tourist visa is next to impossible, even if the applicant is a spouse of an American citizen. I think you'll find this route to be a complete waste of time.

I've devoted a lot of this blog to helping readers identify scammers on Filipina Dating Websites.

Here's another tool you might find helpful in knowing if a picture is fake: Tineye.com

This website is basically a reverse image search site.  You give it an image (or image url) and it tells you if there are similar images online.  This may give you some idea of whether or not the pictures on a profile are fake.  I think it would be especially helpful for catching those using pictures of Filipina celebrities (it happens all the time).  

I need to review one of the newer Filipina dating websites: Christian-Filipina.com

As I just said, this one is relatively new compared to some of the other sites I've mentioned here at MarryaFilipina.net.  But it has been around long enough to attract over 24,000 female members, and I think it will keep growing as time goes on.  The website is well designed and it is easy to search/navigate through the profiles.  Most profiles have four or five pictures you can look at, which is a nice touch.

This website also kind of has a more spiritual feel to it.  When you log in there's a daily Bible verse on the right-side column.  It seems to attract some of the girls who may be reluctant to join some of the other sites.

Overall I think this is definitely a website worth considering if you are wanting to meet a Filipina online.  Please CLICK HERE and use my link if my review was helpful.

FilipinaHeart.com is now FilipinoCupid.com


It's still the same website with the same features, just a new name. Click Here to check it out (I would suggest buying your membership a year in advance to save money).

I recently needed some help with some visa issues.  The folks at  FilipinaFianceeVisa.com were a big help. I was able to get some solid answers on a rather complicated visa issue (long story and I can't go into the details).  So far I have nothing but good things to say about them and I highly recommend this website.

Here's another wonderful component of the Filipina soul I'd like to talk about: humility.

I think Asians are just naturally more humble than their Western counterparts.  They haven't grown up thinking they are entitled to everything they want.   They are more realistic in their expectations of life.

This is especially true of women from the Philippines.  There are exceptions, of course--I've met women here who are just as much spoiled princesses as their Western sisters (especially in the cities).  But most of the women in the Philippines have a humble nature about them.

This is one reason Filipinas are more open to dating older men or men that are not necessarily "rich" by American standards.  They just want a guy who will love them and provide them with the necessities of life--that's all.  If more women had this kind of humility I think the world would be a better place.