No, walang hiningi sa akin, and hindi common and request. Likely yan ang reason. Kaya ka hiningan is to check if there was any record of any previous marriage in the PH, prior to getting married outside of the PH. Which also leads me to assume hindi rin registered pa ang marriage ninyo sa PH (no registration sa NSO).
Not an expert on marriage/spousal issues, ang me mga alam nito nasa Family/Spouse sponsorship section ng forum. Madalas dun lumalabas ang request na ito. Pero ang reasons nito is in line to ascertain if me mga dependents or other family members na hindi declared sa application. Part na tinitingnan kung ang nilalaman ng application is correct/truthful and part leading sa tinitingnan kung me mga dependents man na kailangan sumailalim sa inspection/admissibility para di disqualified sa sponsorship in the future.
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