Back to the Philippines

Last Tuesday, we went to Den Haag again to first legalize documents at the Department of Foreign Affairs. The car even got hit lightly by a car in front of us who was backing up. We were lucky the damage was negligible. There were no parking spaces there so I ended up waiting for MrC at the car. It was considerably fast, about half an hour of waiting time to get all of this authenticated: marriage certificate, and MrC’s birth certificate. After that, we went to the Philippine Embassy and there I finally submitted my documents for Retention of my Philippine Citizenship along with the following pre-requisite applications: Report of Marriage. I brought a copy of our legalized marriage certificate and my Philippine birth certificate. We also had our ID photos taken at the nearest passport photo center. I think we had 10 pcs each and used up almost all of them!

They told me that it will be ready by 7th of October. After that, we had a nice lunch in a place called Dap & Co. which we accidentally found while driving around. It was a very nice and cozy cafe right next to water. As usual we had uitsmijter (fried egg on top of sliced bread). We came back to the Embassy at around 2pm. Great food and great service with one of the best interior designs I’ve seen to date.

By the way, in case you are wondering what the two small bottles are for (see album) they are for MrC’s medical exam *grin*. We need that for MrC’s immigration to the Philippines. He also needs the following additional documents: Police Report from our municipality, biodata, proof of funds/income. We can expect this Statement of Good Conduct processed from the Department of Justice within 2-4 weeks.

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