I cannot really answer your question unless you answer mine: WHERE were you and your Filipino husband married?
If you and your Filipino husband were married in the Philippines, you cannot divorce your husband effectively in Dubai. You can only dissolve your marriage in the Philippines.
kasi, Philippine laws do not allow divorce. So, if you are Filipinos, it doesn't matter where you are married -- you cannot get divorced. Ang lusot dito, if you and your Filipino husband are married abroad, and the NSO does not know that you are married abroad (wari hindi kayo magpa-palit ng passport to reflect that you are married and that you are changing your name), then, under Philippine law, you are not really "married" as there are no records of your marriage in the Philippines.
I think, I guess, that you were married in the Philippines. Even if you get a divorce from Dubai, that divorce will not be acknowledged or countenanced in the Philippines. Dahil sa ikaw ay holder of a Philippine passport, kapag magpakasal ka sa iyong British na boyfriend, the UK government will still ask you to produce a certificate of eligibility to marry or to remarry na dapat ay mag-mula sa sa NSO sa Pilipinas. Hindi nila tatanggapin ang certificate of divorce mo mula sa Dubai kasi, ikaw ay hindi nman citizen ng Dubai. Ang hahanapin nila ay ang CeNoMarr -- ang Certificate of No Marriage na mula sa NSO sa Pinas.
Dahil sa hindi naman tatanawin ng NSO ang iyong divorce sa Dubai na legally binding sa Pinas, ang lalabas ay married ka pa rin dito sa Pilipinas.
May I make a suggestion? In the UK, you don't have to marry your partner to get a visa. Kasi, tinatanaw nila ang mga unions without marriage. Ang kailangan lang ay proof na kayo'y domestic partners -- it is as good as marriage. Sa Australia, ganoon din, ang mga nagli-live-in ay may parehong mga rights doon sa mga legally married. Kaya nga pati mga same-sex na domestic partners ay may parehong karapatan -- at hindi na nila kailangang magpakasal pa upang ma-enjoy ang mga rights na ibinibigay sa mga married couples.
You can use this habang wino-work out mo ang iyong annulment sa Pilipinas. I am afraid but an annulment in the Philippines is the only way through which you can sever your marriage to your former husband so that you can be free to marry your British partner.
Good luck to you.
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