The Philippines Travel Guide

They will check both.

If she has children, or if the physical exam show signs of unreported child birth, it’s possible they’ll send a trained Filipino investigator to where she grew up and any other places she’s lived. There they’ll check the local town hall records, police records, church records and talk to the Barangay Captian, family members, neighbors, teachers, friends and anyone else they can find who knows her. This will delay the process by several months.

Most Filipinos have a very casual attitude toward things like “paper work.” She needs to know, under no uncertain terms, that she’s not to submit any fake papers (it’s easily purchased in Manila) and she must not lie. If she doesn’t know the answer to a question a simple, “I don’t know” will do just fine. Don’t make it up.