Hello co- forumers... i would like to seek help regarding my situation, i am a single mother with a 13 yr old daughter, now i am starting to gather all documents needed for owp/pr application. one of the requirement is a custody paper since i have a kid, the father of my daughter doesn't want to sign the custody paper so what i want to know what other options to do regarding with this? some say to file for court order, any idea how long it will take to grant an order from court regarding sole custody? do i need to be in philippines to file it?. other say to dont include my daughter appilcation for pr same time as mine but rather sponsor her after i get my pr, please enlighten me with this because i dont know what to do anymore.. thank you and Godbless
Hi gingersnap,
its up to you if you want your daughter included in application or want to sponsor her later. Personally, I would suggest you should include her in your application. If you are divorced then you have to show the court orders for your daughter's custody. If you are separated but do not have any legal document to support it then you have to mention that but again then you have to show your husband in application whether you will sponsor him later or never.So, give authority to someone who can proceed on your behalf and go to the court in your home country and apply for sole custody. Its a bit of process you have to go through. because, you want to lock you daughter's age when you apply for her, rather than finding other alternates later if [just in case] she turns 18. and you did not get your pr status.
Good luck!!