# Marrying in Taiwan or Marrying in the Philippines? **URL:** \ **Category:** Moving to Taiwan\ **Created:** [September 18, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/marrying-in-taiwan-or-marrying-in-the-philippines/172812 "2018-09-18T23:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![tando](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@tando](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tando)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/marrying-in-taiwan-or-marrying-in-the-philippines/172812/2 "2018-09-18T23:50:45Z")
FYI > [@Two Foreigners Getting Married in Tainan VS Our own countries?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/two-foreigners-getting-married-in-tainan-vs-our-own-countries/164579): > > Hi All, Just to give some background : 1- I am from Pakistan and have a work-based ARC in Tainan. 2- My GF is a Filipina OFW. She also has an ARC. My GF’s employment contract is about to expire in a couple of months and then she’ll have to leave. I am hoping we could get married so I can get her a residence visa. My question is : 1- Would it be easier for her to apply for residence visa if we are married in Taiwan vs Philippines e.g ? My assumption is immigration will not give us headache … > [@Two foreigners (Philippine & Canadian) getting married in Taiwan (2018-04)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/two-foreigners-philippine-canadian-getting-married-in-taiwan-2018-04/169027): > > This is more of an FYI but I just got married in Taiwan. I’m a Canadian Citizen & my spouse is from the Philippines but is residing in Taiwan as a foreign worker. It took a lot longer than I thought, as we had difficulty finding out the steps to do this. Some misinformation on the internet didn’t help. If anyone is looking for help, please either post here or send an email to [joelrsmith@gmail.com](mailto:joelrsmith@gmail.com). A few takeaways: You don’t get married in a courthouse. You go to the local household registrati… --- _[View the full topic](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/marrying-in-taiwan-or-marrying-in-the-philippines/172812)._