Affidavit of Capacity to Marry:

We both went together at the US embassy, Manila but you will not be able to go with the petitioner inside the room where he will be having his face to face interview with the consul officer. Craig presented his divorce papers (since he is divorced) after which he filled up the form and paid the fee.

This is the actual document above duly signed by the Vice Consul, done at the US embassy, Manila. Some data are hidden for privacy reasons.

The first thing we did before applying for a marriage license is to get the Affidavit in Lieu of Cetificate of Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage for American Citizens. This is more popularly known to many applying couple as "Affidavit of Legal Capacity To Marry." Being a US citizen, Craig has to comply with the procedure be we can proceed with our Philippine wedding.

A copy of our marriage license application filed at the local civil registrar's office at Ging's hometown in Iloilo.

                                                                  A copy of our marriage license

Our offical receipt for our marriage license showing the actual amount we paid.

This is a copy of our marriage certificate that we actually signed right after our wedding ceremony. This is the non-authenticated one which has to be filed at National Statistics Office (NSO) in the city where the bride's town is closest.

Note: You have to file one like this to get an authenticated copy from the NSO office. 

The authenticated copy of our marriage certificate by the NSO. We submitted a photo copy of this with our CR-1 petition package as per instruction from the USCIS website.

Note: Do NOT submit the original unless you are told to do so. There's a tendency where your original copy would get lost and the USCIS doesn't return them. You can still get copies from the NSO but it will be a long wait, and time consuming.