[lechlee]

Hi bros, let me know here or privately if you are in the same situation as me. OR simply share your experience with me!
Going to marry my filippina gf in Philippines ILOILO this december. Know each other for 6 years now and we are going to settle down. She is working as a nurse in Philippines.
1) I have female colleague who is married to a filippina man, and told me that it is better to register our marriage in Philippines first due to the regulation there and possible consequence. E.g. if we do our marriage here in sg first, she will have more difficulty leaving philippines and come bacl to singapore after she goes back to visit her family.
Thus, my colleague's advice would be to marry there and register our marriage here. 2) And as for the child, we can born there, get Philippine citizenship and then register the child's citizenship in Singapore. The child just need to make a choice which country to renounce citizenship later on.
3) I get conflicting message from the embassy here and from what my gf has asked from the church in Philippines. The Philippines embassy here told me to prepare the legal capacity to get married in Philippines. But my gf told me the church confirm don't need this legal capacity (to prove you are single) to get married and just need my birth cert, ic and passport. Any Bro here married a filippina in philippines recently? Do we need a legal capacity? If so, which law firm have you chosen?
4) lastly, intend to get a house in Philippines Iloilo. If we get a house there after my marriage, I know the house will come under my name too- co-ownership with wife. But my concern is getting a bto in Singapore. Will it be a issue since I already own a property oevrseas? Or best to put the Philippine house under her name first, then later on convert to my name after I have the BTO in Singapore?

Thanks for your feedback. And for Bros who wanna advise of marriage scam, don't bother typing as we are really serious. Just wanna hear more from others who were/are in same situation as me having a filippina wife now..