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A Visit to the Philippine Embassy (Part 3)

October 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

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 [...]

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A Visit to the Philippine Embassy (Part 2)

September 25th, 2008 · No Comments

I just came back from my visit to the Philippine Embassy in The Hague. It takes a bit of time to get to Den Haag from Amsterdam due to the traffic. The distance from Amsterdam to The Hague is probably like Makati to Sta. Rosa, Laguna or even Tagaytay.
When I arrived [...]

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Bringing your foreign partner to the Philippines

March 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Lately, I have been seeing several Google searches that led to my site that pertain to people wanting to bring their non-Filipino significant others to the Philippines. I have also seen some blogs and forums talking about this same topic. It’s really interesting to see that a lot of foreigners from developed [...]

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Tags: Immigration · Philippine Immigration · Relocation

More on Dual Nationality for Filipino - Americans

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

After reading forums and reading the Advice about Possible Loss of U.S. Citizenship and Dual Nationality these are the main implications of retention of Philippine Citizenship:

taking an oath, affirmation or other formal declaration to a foreign state or its political subdivisions (Sec. 349 (a) (2) [...]

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A Visit to the Philippine Embassy

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Yesterday, I decided to do finally complete my paperwork errands for my Mom by going to the Philippine Embassy in Den Haag. And at the same time, I figured, I could inquire more about the visa options that we have in line with our plans to come back to the Philippines and stay long-term.
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