Can't you guys just get married according to the Shareiyah laws here? Sorry for asking but are you both Muslims? It would be much easier for you both to get married that way and it would be recognized here without problems. I heard that those civil weddings won't be entertained here anymore soon ...

Get married here according to the laws here, when you get on vacation you can have a wedding as well in the Philippines ...

My friend went to the Philippines [Egyptian], got married and he is back working on getting his wife here now.

Wish you the best of the luck ...