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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Even being on leave for several days and again in near future, I would like to thank many readers of this blog providing me with a lot of emails. One important thing I would like to mention today:
YES, three months from now, as a press release says, renewing NBI (National Bureau of Investigation) clearances will [...]
Saturday, March 15, 2008
I have been provided also with the latest information, especially with the checklist of documentary requirements for applications for conversion to returning former Filipino citizen:
- Duly notarized letter of application
- General (NEW!) application form duly accomplished and notarized (BI Form No. MCL-07-01)
- NSO authenticated copy of Birth Certificate of the applicant
- Bureau of Immigration (BI) [...]
Friday, March 14, 2008
After a meeting in the local immigration office here in Davao City, my wife and I have been provided with the latest changes and informations:
The checklist of documentary requirements for applications for conversion to Non-Quota Immigrant by Marriage (Section 13, paragraph A) says the following:
- Duly notarized letter of application by the Filipino spouse
- General [...]
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Consular Officer issues a student visa upon receipt of the authority from the Department of Foreign Affairs Manila and after evaluation of the applicant’s identity and admissibility based on the submission of the following requirements:
a) Three copies of completed FA Form No. 2;
b) Medical Certificate (FA Form No. 11), together with the life size [...]
Monday, February 11, 2008
The processing takes time. You need a lot of patience. The check list of the requirements is awesome and changes more or less every few months.
These are the informations I got from the Bureau of Immigration:
a) Five (5) copies of Personal History Statement (PHS) forms duly accomplished by the student-applicant. PHS forms may be secured [...]
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Furthermore the following requirements will be expected:
3. True Copy of the Marriage contract of the alien and the Filipino spouse
4. Certificate of Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage, issued by the Embassy or the Consulate of the alien spouse (if marriage in the Philippines), OR official family register with authentic interpretation as certified by the Philippine [...]
Monday, February 4, 2008
Since a couple months an incredible increase of permanent stay visa applications have been observed. Is it the bad economical situation in the US and Europe? Maybe… . Fact is, that more and more people arrived in the Philippines with little luggage and “some cash savings” and asked for the requirements to stay here for [...]
Monday, January 14, 2008
Permanent readers of this blog may observed my serial “Philippine-German Relations” since a couple of month. I was inspired to write about it because of my mentor Professor Dr. Hermogenes E. Bacareza, former Philippine Chaplain of the Philippine Community in Berlin /Germany. “Father Gene”, born in Maribojoc, Bohol, is an internationally known scholar, author, linguist, [...]
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Having a different opinion is not new. It’s a must. It should be a must. Wherever one stays, people differ in opinion, people disagree, quarrel, and show nonconformity.
I remember the 25th Asean Tourism Forum held in Davao City last year. It was really a milestone in this city’s history. It opened our minds and eyes [...]
Thursday, December 13, 2007
When my family and I moved to the Philippines for good in January 1999 we were really looking forward to enjoy our first Christmas here. To be honest, we got shocked about all the din of firecrackers, and shootings. We even experienced shooting with real arms. New Yew Eve it happened the same. Okay, we [...]
