NSO's CENOMAR and Advisory of Marraige
What is the difference between the two? Which one does the Canadian embassy wants?
I have heard and read these questions a lot of times in an immigration forum I joined, I am glad I took the time to sit down and explain what I know.
CENOMAR is the abbreviation of Certificate of No Marriage. We need to get this piece paper in NSO National Statistics Office when you are planning to get married. CENOMAR is one major requirement to secure a marriage license in the Philippines. This proves that you are not currently married to anybody. This proves legally that you are eligible to marry. Now, the question is, Does the Canadian embassy needs that? If you are being sponsored by your husband or your wife who is in Canada, you don't need it because common sense will tell you, you don't need it because you are married. The embassy needs CENOMAR if you are being single sponsored by your family member like your parents and the like.
Advisory of Marraige- if you are under spousal sponsorship which means your husband or wife is sponsoring you this is what you need to give the embassy. The way I understand this document, it is like a background check in your marriage history. This is to make sure that you really are married to the person you claim you are married to. You have to go to NSO and fill the paper with your maiden name not your married name, usually it takes 3 days to a week to get the result.
Learn from my mistake. When I downloaded the list of requirements for spousal sponsorship, in the list its written CENOMAR/Advisory of Marraige, the first thing I thought was oh I dont need CENOMAR because I am married now, I wondered what Advisory of Marraige was but the curiosity wasn't enough for me to find out if I need to submit it.. It turned out after over a month since we submit our application I received a mail from the embassy asking me to submit it. So I had to get it, I felt bad because I am pretty sure it added the delay.
I hope this is helpful. Feel free to comment if you have questions.
Right to Permanent Residence Fee/ RPRF
As promise I am going to do my best to help you out there who are sponsoring their spouses or being sponsored by their spouses to Canada. As they say "Experience is the best teacher" , I am not saying I know everything about spousal sponsorship but you have to know I have been there, done that. Me and my husband get through the whole process with no help of immigration lawyer or MP. We did it ourselves and we made it and I am sure you too can.|
Anyone who is in this situation knows what RPRF is or at least familiar with it or at least have heard it.. It is one of the fees we have to pay to the immigration to get our spouses. With my case my husband missed paying the RPRF then while on the process we receive a letter asking us to pay for it and it also indicated there that our application will be delayed for a month and yes it was delayed for a month. So my advice is to pay everything including the RPRF upon submitting your application.
Hope this helps
Hi i can still remember your username im one of the member here but not too active but read the post everyday,i have the same situation as yours we did not pay the rprf bec. we failed twice paying online,now my status is still waiting for the request but seems its too long to wait last documents i sent to cem it was feb. 28 and no news until now,do you think we wil just pay or wait the request,and not lucky also bec. there was a strike in canadapost but i think its over now,so what can you advice me wait a little bit.THANKS
ReplyDeleteI think you just go ahead and pay, but please let me know how long since you submitted the application. I remember, most of my batchmates in the forum they paid everything upon application and me and my husband thought that's not the way it works but then somebody in the forum gave me a link from the cic website that its best to pay everything that in include RPRF because failing to do so will delay for a month or two. I am sure its best you just go ahead and pay, dont wait for the letter that request you to pay it,
ReplyDeleteYes go ahead and pay because time is running. Two months delay is heart breaking. Most of my batch mates then were approved in just 3 months some 4 months.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck in your application. I hope this helps feel free to ask if you have more questions.
ReplyDeleteyou need CENOMAR if you're married abroad and was not able to report your marriage in the Philippine consulate in that country.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comment I appreciate it. :). Your comment is helpful for other readers. It left me thinking and analyzing and I like it. Salamat! :)
ReplyDeleteI also paid late the RPRF. Its been 17 days since CPC-M received the payment. I hope the delay is less than 2 months.
ReplyDeleteLet's cross our fingers. :)
ReplyDeletehello :) you have a very helpful guide over here. thank you for the informations and advices. Im gonna be straightforward and ask a question in regards to our application aswell.. we just received our AOR/PPR and one of the thing they are asking is a fully completed appendix A. (which is attached to the letter) my question is it says it should be filled up by my wife's family member whether accompanying her to Canada or not. upon reading Appendix A. it said "please complete the following information for you and ALL OF YOUR DEPENDANTS, whether accompanying you to Canada or not. My question is who really needs to fill it up? as it said on the collumns (spouse/common law partner/child1/child2/--and so forth) is it her family member who she is living with or just her information and mine as we dont have a child nor she has any dependants on her. thank you. its just this requirements are a bit tricky for us that is not really used to documents like this. thanks again and God bless you.
ReplyDeleteYour wife's family member is just you since you don't have kids. I would say just fill it up with you and your wife's info.
ReplyDeleteBut you know that there is another document where your wife need to fill up all of her brothers or sisters or parents names and birthdays that's another separate document.
thanks for the reply...
ReplyDeleteand yes its when we applied initially its the "additional family information"
what they send us now (attached to the AOR/PPR letter) is what they labeled as APPENDIX A document. so confusing really.. :P
so i dont need to do the "additional family information" again right?
yes you don't have to do the additional family information again.
ReplyDeleteI am positive it just you and your wife's information.
It's thrilling too you know coz when we applied to me and my husband are newly married I got confuse a little bit too but then I realized that once married your immediate family becomes your spouse and your kids if any. I believe you experience the same feeling I had- "confusion of new couple".
hi. just have some questions ma'am. im from manitoba and went through the whole pr process thru provincial nominee. buffalo receive my application oct. 5, 2010, medical request was sent sometime in april and was able to complete the medical examination by apr 20. my family in the philippines finished theirs may 9. im am just wondering if it is still advisable to pay the rprf? if im paying online which visa office should i select? as i remember buffalo, ny was not in the choices. the wait is really making me crazy. please advise. thanks so much. can yu please just email me your response?
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Hello
ReplyDeleteI live in UAE-Abu Dhabi , i need to pay for Right of Permanent Residence Fee, do you know how can i do this from here, if it helps, my son is a student in Ottawa , he has an account in Scotia Bank , can he pay the fees ?
Yes your son can certainly pay it , for your convenience, usually you will receive a letter asking you to pay the RPRF and they will give you steps on how to pay it. There a couple of ways I think. Did you receive a letter?
ReplyDeleteThanx Nel for the reply, yes i received a letter explaining methods of paying and referring to this link
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i cant use the first method because PDFs are in Polish language, and i went to the post office here asking to send money via post office but they told me that they dont do this in UAE
so i have the second choice only which is money order .
Hi Nel,
ReplyDeleteI made the money order from HSBC Bank and its done know
Thanx!
Hi Nel :)
ReplyDeleteI am a Filipina and recently got married to a wonderful Canadian man. We are so clueless as to how start our spousal visa application - Does my passport, NBI & Police clearance need to be in my married name?
I have renewed my passport and got my NBI & Plocie clearance however they are all in my maiden name. I couldn't use my married name or change my status yet because our NSO authenticated marriage contract isn't available yet (and I was told it wont be available until after 6 months!) ~ the long wait is pure torture -- I and my husband would really like to be together soonest time possible.
So here are my questions (sorryy, I am really very confused)
1. Can I just use the Advisory of Marriage so I can change my status to Married?
2. Where do I get the Advisory of Marriage? Do I get that at NSO? Do they have a form for that? Because when I went to NSO they only had forms for requests made for Cenomar, Marriage certificate, birth and death certificate. Is there a different form for requesting Advisory of Marriage?
3. Do I need to have my passport, NBI and police clearance in my married name?
Also... it would really be helpful if yu can share some tips and advise -- really so confused...
Thank you so much, Nel and hope to hear from you soon! :)
God bless :)
-Janice
Hey jancice, I was married on the 16th of December 2013 to a wonderful Filipina. We got our NSO certified marriage certificate a week later. You just got to have the right connections, if you know what I mean. Our spousal sponsorship was applied on the 5th of march, received by CPC Mississauga on the 8th, with all the fees paid for. Hope my reply helps. You can send me an email at kjocson18@hotmail.ca if you have any questions. Ciao
DeleteJust to answer question number 2 and 3. Yes you can get that from NSO and yes it has to be your married name. As far as I know, you can't use your advisory on marriage to change your last name, sorry. Again, email me at kjocson18@hotmail.ca I'll gladly answer any questions you have. :)
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